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November 2018 West Coast Storm: A trough over southern and central areas brought very heavy rain to the West Coast of the South Island and snow to low levels in inland Canterbury.

April 2018 New Zealand Storm: A low pressure system crossed New Zealand, bringing severe gales to the North Island and upper South Island. Auckland was particularly badly affected. Two tornadoes (one at Rahotu in Taranaki, and the other at National Park) were reported.

February 2018 Ex Tropical Cyclone Gita: Ex-tropical cyclone Gita brought very heavy rain and severe gales, and caused severe damage to many areas of New Zealand. The worst affected areas were northwest Nelson/Golden Bay, the Kaikoura Coast, and Taranaki.

February 2018 Ex Tropical Cyclone Fehi: Ex-tropical cyclone Fehi moved into the North Tasman Sea, and then combined with a trough moving in from the southwest. The storm crossed New Zealand, causing extensive damage due to wind, rain and coastal storm surges. The West Coast of the South Island was badly affected by the wind and rain, and the Nelson area was affected by storm surges.

January 2018 New Zealand Storm: A deep low brought stormy weather to northern and central areas of New Zealand. Severe gales and heavy rain caused severe damage in the north of the North Island. There was also coastal devastation from the combination of low pressure, king tides and very strong winds.

July 2017 New Zealand Flood: A large complex low pressure system brought heavy rain and gales to Otago and Canterbury, causing significant flooding during the period 20-22 July. The Bay of Plenty area was also badly affected.

July 2017 New Zealand Storm: A winter storm moved over New Zealand during the period 12-14 July. The central and lower North Island were the worst affected, with snow, rain and gales.

April 2017 New Zealand Storm and Ex-tropical Cyclone Cook: A storm brought heavy rain and flooding to New Zealand over the period 11-14 April. During this time ex-tropical cyclone Cook brought severe gales to the Coromandel, central and eastern North Island, Marlborough and Canterbury.

April 2017 New Zealand Ex Cyclone Debbie: A storm, including the remnants of Cyclone Debbie, brought heavy rain, flooding and land slips to many areas over the period 3-6 April.

March 2017 North Island Heavy Rain and Flooding: Very heavy rain fell over many areas of the North Island during the period 7-13 March, which resulted in severe flooding. A slow-moving depression remained in the North Tasman Sea for most of this period. Fronts on the eastern edge of the depression brought the rain.

August 2016 New Zealand Cold Snap: A very cold spell of weather from 3-11 August brought snow to low levels in the east of the South Island, and a severe snowstorm hit areas on the Napier-Taupo Highway. Later in the period there was heavy rain and flooding in some northern North Island areas.

March 2016 New Zealand Storm: A period of extreme weather affected many areas of New Zealand on 24 March. There was flooding on the West Coast of the South Island, and around the Nelson area. Strong winds affected areas around Auckland and Northland.

December 2015 Canterbury and Otago Storm: Canterbury and Otago were hit hard by a severe storm in the afternoon of 15 December 2015. Lightning strikes caused fires, power lines came down, and there were tornadoes, hail storms and flooding. Cooling upper level temperatures over Canterbury and Otago combined with daytime heating led to the development of showers and a few thunderstorms. MetService had a severe thunderstorm watch in place in Christchurch, the Canterbury Plains and high country and North Otago. Weather forecasters were predicting hail up to 3cm across.

June 2015 New Zealand Storm: A period of extreme weather affected many areas of New Zealand during the period 18-23 June. There was heavy snow in the South Island followed by severe frosts, and severe flooding in western areas of the South and North Islands.

June 2015 Otago Flood: A low pressure system to the southeast of the South Island bought heavy rainfall to coastal Otago on 3 June 2015. Every coastal catchment from Oamaru south to Balclutha experienced some degree of flooding during this event.

May 2015 Bay of Plenty Tornado: A tornado hit Mount Maunganui just before 8.30pm, damaging homes and buildings, causing havoc with powerlines, pulling down fences and scattering debris across roads.

May 2015 Wellington Flooding: Very heavy rain from a strong moist northwest flow caused rivers and streams to rise rapidly, and resulted in surface flooding and slips on the Kapiti Coast and Wellington.

July 2014 Upper North Island Storm: From 8-12 July there was a very strong moist northeasterly flow over the north of the North Island. This brought severe gales, which blew down trees, blew roofs off houses and cut power to thousands of households. There was also prolonged heavy rain which caused flooding in some areas. Northland was worst affected, with much damage resulting.

June 2014 New Zealand Storm: A complex low pressure system extended from the mid-Tasman Sea to the northwest of the North Island, bringing a moist northeasterly flow over NZ. This resulted in severe gales in many northern North Island areas, with Auckland being particularly hard hit. Meanwhile, a slow-moving high to the southeast of the South Island pushed colder air onto the island. This clashed with the warmer air coming from the northeast over North Canterbury and the Kaikoura Coast, resulting in heavy rain.

April 2014 New Zealand Storm: Ex-tropical cyclone Ita lay to the west of the North Island bringing heavy rain and strong winds. It moved southwards during the period 17-19 April. The very strong winds caused lots of damage, and brought down power lines, cutting the power supply to thousands of homes. Heavy rain also caused flooding. The worst affected area was the West Coast of the South Island.

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