The Mangakahia Road, between Whangarei and Kaikohe, was flooded. Near Kaihu, the Dargaville-Kauri Forest road was closed.

Water swept over the roads to a depth of two feet (0.61 m) and poured through shops on the afternoon of the 8th. It was one of Dargaville's worst floods for 20 years.

The town was a continuous sheet of water extending from the Kaihu Stream bridge to the main street of the town.

The highway from Dargaville to Opononi was blocked on the 7th.

Some flooding occurred in the residential area of Papatoetoe.

Creeks overflowed their banks and flooded the paddocks all around.

Torrential rain fell on the Kaimai hills. The Gordon Road, near Gordon School, was flooded for half a mile and the surrounding farmland was inundated. The bridge near Gordon School was submerged. A number of bridges and culverts in the Gordon and Okauia area were closed as stormwaters cut out approaches. A number of settlers were isolated.

Most of the telephone lines in the district were affected.

Kopu experienced three floods in 24 hours during the storm as the Waihou River overflowed it banks during high tides.

The Waihou River spread around houses on the main road from the bridge to the Kopu store.

The Kirikiri Stream overflowed its banks and flooded large areas of land.

At the approach to the bridge across the Waihou the water was approximately 2 ft (0.61 m) deep.

The worst floods in the history of the Marokopa and Hauturu districts occurred after heavy rain. Very extensive flooding occurred on the Marokopa flats.

The Marokopa district was a sea of muddy water which, banking up on the spring tides, topped most fences of the extensive Marokopa Flats. The waters receded on the 9th. Stock losses were light.

The Waihou River was 16 ft (4.88 m) above its normal summer level at Matamata on the 9th.

There was a bridge washout at Matatoki closing the Thames-Paeroa Road.

Flood waters invaded the town of Otewa. The river at Otewa was a raging torrent. There were only minor stock losses in Otewa Valley.

Four families in Pine Street vacated their homes. Water was flowing across and down Pine Street. The sports ground was covered and houses in the vicinity were surrounded by flood waters.

Large areas of land in and around Paeroa were flooded. Two square miles of farmland near the Puke Bridge was inundated. Houses around Puke Road were surrounded by water.

In one area of the town a sewer main burst and sewerage was backing up in the drains and flooding sections.

It was reported to be the worst flood since 1936.

The Te Anga post office was evacuated when water reached the window sills on the 8th. Shops were also inundated.

The Waihou River rose 8.5 ft (2.59 m) above normal at Te Aroha on the 8th.

The river flooded paddocks. Around Te Aroha the river has formed big ponds with a total area of several hundred acres.

The main road between Te Aroha and Matamata is flooded for about 400 yards (366 m) near where it joins the highway to Hamilton. And was over 2.5 ft (0.76 m) deep. Several minor access roads were flooded.

Four hundred farmers were without power for varying periods.

At Te Aroha the Waihou River was at a depth of 28.1 ft (8.56 m) which was the highest level reached in 43 years.

The Te Kuiti district was cut off by floods.

Hundreds of acres of farming and residential land was inundated.

On the Thames-Paeroa Road the bridge crossing the Matatoki Stream was closed as the central pier was washed away.

The Kauaeranga River was swollen and isolated Thames on the 7th when it became backed up by the high tide. The Parawai Flats, Phodes Park and the Thames-Paeroa Road were completely inundated and near-by paddocks were covered with nearly 3 ft (0.91 m) of water.

Settlers in Kauaeranga Valley were cut off from Thames on the 7th. In the back country bushes and banks were torn away by the waters and hundreds of tons of silt was washed out to sea.

Victoria Park was a sea of water.

On the 7th the Waiau River rose to a great height and the State Highway by the bridge was under water for some distance between Thames and Coromandel.

The Waihou River was at a height of 19 ft (5.79 m) on the 5th. At 4:30pm on the 7th it reached a height of 27.4 ft (8.35 m).

Flood waters in the Waiomou, Omahine and Waihou started to abate on the 8th but torrential rain later in the day caused them to rise again.

Extensive flooding was reported on the dairy flats.

Rotorua streams were in flood.

Fitzgerald Glade was flooded from end to end.

Serious road blockages were confined to Rotoma Hill, to the top of Ngawaro Gorge and to Hongi's Track.

The railway track along the Strand was undermined.

The main highway about two miles east of Te Puke was under water about 18 in (0.46 m) deep.

There were some stock losses.

It was the biggest flood on record at that time and the whole Cobb Valley area was isolated.

There were washouts on roads.

Telephone lines were down.

The Cook house building at the Cobb Power Station was swept into river. Cobb Power House and dam was isolated. A large section of road was washed away. Most of Nelson and Marlborough areas were without electricity for over 32 hours after the generators had to be closed down due to flooding.

The Riwaka River flooded the surrounding countryside.

Riwaka River had a discharge of 8600 cusecs (244 cumecs) measured using slope area measurement.

Flood waters from the Cobb catchment area caused widespread flooding in Takaka Valley.

18 homes were entered by floodwaters when the Takaka River overflowed its banks.

Three families were evacuated.