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June 1963 Hawke's Bay Flooding
Hawke's Bay experienced exceptionally heavy rainfall especially in the Tangoio Valley where residents were isolated for two days.
August 1961 Hawke's Bay and Wellington Flooding
Heavy rain and flooding in Hawke's Bay and the Wairarapa caused severe stock losses.
October 1959 Hawke's Bay Flooding
Heavy rain caused flooding in central Hawke's Bay and caused stock losses, crop damage and road closures.
February 1958 New Zealand Flooding
A period of heavy rain brought flooding to many parts of New Zealand, which cut off lifelines and caused extensive damage in some areas. Waikato was the worst affected region.
July 1956 North Island Flooding
There was serious flooding in the Wairarapa, lower Manawatu and Hawke's Bay from the 13th to the 15th of July 1956.
March-April 1954 New Zealand Storm
Southerly gales swept Gisborne, Hawke's Bay, Taranaki and Marlborough over a few days. Heavy rain brought flooding and landslides to parts of Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.
January 1953 Eastern New Zealand Flooding
There was heavy rain and flooding from the 24th to the 28th of January from southern Hawke's Bay to North Canterbury. There was serious damage to roads, railway lines and telephone lines.
November 1952 New Zealand Storm
Many parts of New Zealand experienced high winds, heavy rain, flooding, high seas and hail, causing damage and disruption. One person drowned in Marlborough.
August 1951 Hawke's Bay Flooding
After two days of heavy rain there was a large area of farmland underwater and heavy stock losses.
June-July 1950 North Island Flooding
There was heavy rain and flooding in the Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay and Manawatu-Wanganui which caused road closures due to washouts and slips.
February 1950 Manawatu-Wanganui Flooding
There was torrential rain in the Tutaenui catchment resulting in severe flooding of the Marton township. There was a hail storm in Hastings.
February 1950 Hawke's Bay Hail
A hailstorm over the Twyford and Hastings area damaged between 125,000 to 150,000 bushels of pip and stone fruits.
November 1949 Hawke's Bay Hail
Hastings was struck by an electrical storm with huge hail stones, which caused damage to crops and properties. Wellington also experienced high winds and seas, and a tornado was seen in Auckland.
August 1949 Eastern North Island Flooding
Heavy rain in eastern North Island caused flooding and resulted in road closures.
May 1948 North Island Storm
Three days of heavy rain, combined with high winds, brought one of the heaviest floods in Gisborne's history. There were also damaging floods in northern Hawke's Bay and some flooding in the Bay of Plenty.
March 1944 Gisborne and Hawke's Bay Flooding
There was extensive flooding and heavy rain over Hawke's Bay and Gisborne. Many roads were blocked by slips, washouts and surface water. Road and rail communications were suspended.
September 1943 Gisborne and Hawke's Bay Flooding
Heavy rain over three days brought flooding to Gisborne and Hawke's Bay.
May 1941 Lower North Island Flooding
Heavy rain caused flooding in southern Hawke's Bay, Manawatu-Wanganui and Wellington.
April 1938 Gisborne and Hawke's Bay Flooding
Prolonged heavy rain over three days caused severe flooding in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. Most roads suffered from slips or flooding. The hardest hit area was Esk Valley in Hawke's Bay where most homes and farmland was buried by silt or ruined by floodwaters and landslides.
February 1938 Eastern North Island Flooding
High intensity rainfall and a vivid electrical storm brought extraordinary floods to the area within a 30 mile (48 km) radius of Gisborne. 21 lives were lost when the Kopuawhara Stream rose rapidly and wiped out Kopuawhara No.4 workers camp. Another life was lost in Boyd's Camp near Muriwai.
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