Stock losses were negligible in spite of the large areas inundated.

Two chains (40 m) of the Manawatu Gorge highway subsided.

Manawatu River had a peak level of 17 ft 3 in (5.26 m) on the Fitzherbert Bridge gauge.

Manawatu River had a peak discharge of 93,000 cusecs (2633 cumecs) at Fitzherbert Bridge.

The velocity of the river was 16 ft per second (4.88 m/s) at the Fitzherbert Bridge.

Manawatu River reached a level of 32 ft (9.75 m) at the Balance Bridge at midnight of the 28th.

The river overflowed its banks at Rangitane and flooded the Taonui Basin. Several houses were surrounded by water and the occupants were evacuated.

The highway to Pipiriki was closed due to flooding of the Whanganui River.

Whanganui River rose above the Pipiriki wharf.

Rangitikei River reached a peak level of 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) on the Kakariki Railway Bridge gauge, but no damage occurred.

A serious break occurred in the banks of Mangaore Stream, below Shannon, where 1200 acres (486 ha) of the low-lying Buckley area were flooded. By 4am on the 29th the break was 50 ft (15.2 m) wide and 10 ft (3.05 m) deep and water still poured into the Buckley area.

Railway services between Palmerston North and Wellington were dislocated due to the flooding of Mangaore Stream at Buckley.

Whanganui River was at a high level.

Most of the shorter rivers of the Wairarapa were in flood by midnight on the 27th.

Stock losses included 9000 sheep and 300 cattle.

The total area flooded in the Wairarapa was 60,000 acres (24,281 ha). Much of this area remained flooded for several days.

Stop banks in the Pukio Basin, Kahautara, Pihautea and Pirinoa area, which were built to allow for two or three feet clearance above the previous worst flood, were swept away like sand castles. Paddocks were rapidly submerged. People had to leave their homes after water rose to the door knobs.

Takarau gorge road between Makara and Ohariu was blocked by a number of slips and washouts.

Wind driven seas and banks of sand obstructing the outlet of Lake Onoke, between Lake Wairarapa and the sea, was the major cause of the widespread flooding in the Wairarapa.

In the middle of the storm and flood on the 28th every major and minor road was blocked in the Wairarapa. A serious instance was between Greytown and Carterton where the Waiotuna River rose over the road for several hundred yards. The next day all major roads and most minor roads were open.

Carterton recorded about 4 in (10.16 cm) of rain in 24 hours.

A car was washed away by the force of current on the Featherston-Martinborough road.

A man, aged 22, was drowned at Gladstone as he tried to ride a horse across the Ruamahanga River.

Greytown recorded 4.18 in (10.62 cm) of rain in 24 hours (which has a return period of 20 years).

An overflow which occurred near Tuhitarata and the extreme flooding of local streams raised the level of Lake Onoke to 8 ft (2.44 m).

Lake Wairarapa rose about 10 ft (3.05 m) above normal.

The lake waters were spread over an area of 150 square miles (388 km^2) and began receding slowly on the 31st of June.

Parts of the Lower Hutt were flooded around the Waiwhetu Stream.

Petone suffered minor flooding.

Ruamahanga River had an estimated discharge of 69,000 cusecs (1954 cumecs) at Martinborough Bridge from a catchment area of 990 sq miles (2564 km^2).

A number of houses were flooded in Martinborough. The area south of Martinborough and on the east bank of the Ruamahunga River suffered very severely and many houses were partly submerged or surrounded by the flood.

The town creeks in Masterton overflowed their banks and water flooded shops.

10,000 acres (4047 ha) were flooded when the Ruamahanga River burst the stopbanks in Moiki and poured into the Pukio Basin. The flood waters were 10 feet (3.05 m) deep in some places.

Orongorongo River had a discharge of 4020 cusecs (114 cumecs) at the water supply intake weir from a catchment area of 14 sq miles (36 km^2).

Pahaoa River rose 40 ft (12.19 m) above normal.

Eight men and four woman were marooned in the Kumanga area (3 miles north of Pirinoa) when they became surrounded by a vast sheet of water.

Plimmerton was cut off from road and rail traffic.

Porirua Stream had a discharge of 2100 cusecs (59 cumecs) at Huamai Street Bridge from a catchment area of 15.5 sq miles (40 km^2).

A small stream running through Glenside through Tawa Flat to Porirua harbour flooded and put a large area of Porirua under water. Water lay on the main street isolating businesses and residences. The railway tracks were also flooded.

Water levels in the Pukio Basin were 1-2 ft (0.30-0.61 m) higher than those which were recorded during the 1932 flood

About 20,000 to 30,000 acres (8094-12,141 ha) were submerged in the Pukio Basin and Kahautara area. The area became a vast extension of Lake Wairarapa.

The Kahautara-Pukio stopbank of the Ruamahanga River was breached at 11.30am on the 28th.

The total volume of the flood in the Ruamahanga was 210,400 acre-feet.

Ruamahanga River rose as much as 15 ft (4.57 m) above its normal level.

Tauherenikau River burst its banks.

Tauweru River was the main contributor to the flood in the Wairarapa.

Wainuiomata River had a discharge of 3425 cusecs (97 cumecs) at Morton Dam from a catchment area of 10.75 sq miles (28 km^2).

There were few houses in Wellington that were not leaking.

Minor flooding occurred all over parts of Wellington, Petone, the Hutt and Upper Hutt.

Trains on the Main trunk line between Wellington and Paekakariki were delayed as the result of damaged electrical equipment.

The Hutt Road was partly blocked on the 27th by flood water which poured down from the hills between Kaiwarra and Ngahauranga.

Rainfall was not as heavy in the Whareama catchment. Local flooding was very high but the main river did not reach an extremely high level. Other southern rivers however were extremely high.

Water levels in Whitimanuka were 1 ft (0.3 m) higher than those which were recorded during the 1932 flood.