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January 1961 North Island Cyclone
A cyclone swept across Auckland peninsula and left a trail of destruction in its wake. There were heavy seas which lead to the drowning of a man near Whangamata. Ruatoria district was hit hard by the flooding and stock losses were very high.
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.
November 1957 Lower South Island Flooding
May 1957 South Island Flooding
Heavy rain caused flooding in Canterbury, Otago and Southland
October 1955 Northland Storm
A storm brought heavy rain, flooding, lightning and landslides to places throughout Northland. Hail was also experienced at Parua Bay. One man was thought to have been drowned and two men were injured.
May 1954 Upper North Island Flooding
There was flooding in Northland, Auckland and the Waikato. Two men drowned in the Mangaiti area, near Te Aroha.
July 1953 Upper North Island Flooding
Heavy rain brought flooding to Northland, Auckland, the Waikato and Bay of Plenty, causing damage and blocking roads. A large flood in the Waikato River caused widespread flooding.
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.
June 1947 Wellington and Manawatu-Wanganui Flooding
There was extensive flooding in the Wairarapa which resulted in heavy stock losses and one casualty.
June 1947 North Island High Seas
An exceptionally high tide backed up by strong winds caused flooding in the Pipiroa and Waitakaruru area. A man was drowned at Whitianga.
August 1946 Manawatu-Wanganui Flooding
Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides which blocked roads and railway lines. A slip came down on the railway in Manawatu Gorge, causing an engine and several wagons to fall into the river resulting in two casualties.
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.
October 1936 South Island and Wellington Storm
A storm hit Wellington, the West Coast and Canterbury. West Coast was the most affected with flooding causing severe damage.
February 1936 Eastern South Island and Wellington Flooding
There was minor flooding in Wellington and Otago. Canterbury was hit the hardest with many roads and railway lines throughout the province either blocked or damaged.
February 1936 North Island Ex-tropical Cyclone
An ex-tropical cyclone brought high winds, heavy rain, flooding and rough seas to the whole North Island and Marlborough, which caused widespread damage. There were casualties at Kaitaia, near Thames, at New Plymouth, at Palmerston North, at Masterton, in the Tararua Range and at Tinui.
February 1935 New Zealand Flooding
Days of heavy rain brought flooding and slips to many parts of New Zealand. Northland, Taranaki and the West Coast were the worst hit, with extensive damage done. One man was drowned in Northland.
December 1934 Northland Flooding
Extensive flooding occurred throughout Northland after heavy rain. There were phenomenal rainfalls in Kaikohe and one man was drowned in the Wairoa River at Tangiteroria.
June 1934 Upper North Island Flooding
Flooding caused damage in the upper North Island. There were two casualties in the Waikato.
April 1931 New Zealand Storm
Heavy rains and gale force winds cause damage across the lower North Island, the upper South Island and the West Coast.
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