List of natural disasters in New Zealand
This list of natural disasters in New Zealand documents notable natural disasters and epidemics that have occurred in New Zealand since 1843. Of these natural disasters, the 1918 flu pandemic resulted in the highest loss of life with 8,600 deaths in New Zealand. [1] [2]
Notable natural disasters
| Colour blue scheme used in this table: |
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| Earthquake |
| Flooding |
| Health Crisis |
| Landslide |
| Tsunami |
| Volcanic eruption |
| Weather |
| Wildfires |
| Year | Type | Deaths | Place | Region | Cost | Note | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1843 | Earthquake | 2 | Wanganui | Manawatu | M 7+ | 1843 Wanganui earthquake | |
| 1846 | Landslide | 60 | Lake Taupo | Waikato | Worst landslide in New Zealand History | [3] | |
| 1848 | Earthquake | 3 | Blenheim | Marlborough | M 7.5 | 1848 Marlborough earthquake | |
| 1855 | Earthquake | 9 | Wairarapa | Wellington | M 8.3 | 1855 Wairarapa earthquake | |
| 1855 | Tsunami | Cook Strait | Cook Strait | Maximum wave heights of 11m | [4] | ||
| 1858 | Flooding | 14 | Hutt Valley | Wellington | |||
| 1863 | Flooding | 200 | Central Otago | Otago | Floods and snowstorm | ||
| 1868 | Flooding | 9 | Totara, Waiareka Valley | Otago | |||
| 1868 | Tsunami | 1 | East coast of New Zealand | Chile | Maximum wave heights of 7m | [5] | |
| 1877 | Tsunami | East coast of New Zealand | Chile | Maximum wave heights of 3m | [6] | ||
| 1878 | Flooding | 3 | Clutha Valley | Otago | Great Clutha flood of 1878[7] | ||
| 1886 | Volcanic | 153 | Mount Tarawera | Bay of Plenty | Death toll ranges 108–153 depending on source | ||
| 1897 | Flooding | 12 | Clive | Hawke's Bay | |||
| 1901 | Earthquake | 1 | Cheviot | Canterbury | M 6.8 | 1901 Cheviot earthquake | |
| 1904 | Landslide | 8 | Brunner | West Coast | [8] | ||
| 1914 | Landslide | 1 | Ngatapa | Gisborne | [9] | ||
| 1914 | Volcanic | 10 | White Island | Bay of Plenty | Lahar | ||
| 1918 | Wildfire | 3 | Raetihi | Manawatu | Raetihi Forest Fire | ||
| 1918 | Health Crisis | 8,600 | Nationwide | New Zealand | Influenza virus struck between October and December 1918 | [10] | |
| 1923 | Landslide | 17 | Taumaranui | Manawatu | Landslide hit Auckland to Wellington express train near Taumaranui, killing 17 and injuring 30 | [3] | |
| 1923 | Landslide | 2 | Little River | Canterbury | [11] | ||
| 1924 | Flooding | 1 | Kaiwaka | Hawke's Bay | [12] | ||
| 1924 | Landslide | 1 | Napier | Hawke's Bay | Slip happened on Shakespeare Rd. | [12] | |
| 1924 | Tsunami | Chatham Islands | Unknown | Maximum wave heights of 6m | [13] | ||
| 1929 | Weather | 1 | East coast of New Zealand | Bay of Plenty, Otago | Cyclone, caused violent wind in northeastern North Island and flooding throughout Dunedin and coastal Otago | 1929 New Zealand cyclone | |
| 1929 | Earthquake | 17 | Murchison | Tasman | M 7.8 | 1929 Murchison earthquake | |
| 1931 | Earthquake | 256 | Napier/Hastings | Hawke's Bay | Official death toll of 256, reported death toll of 258. M 7.8 | 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake | |
| 1934 | Earthquake | 2 | Pahiatua | Manawatu | M 7.2 | 1934 Pahiatua earthquake | |
| 1938 | Flooding | 21 | Kopuawhara | Hawke's Bay | Kopuawhara flash flood of 1938 | ||
| 1942 | Earthquake | 1 | Wairarapa | Wellington | M 6.8 | ||
| 1942 | Weather | 1 | Kaitaia | Northland | Tornado | [14] | |
| 1947 | Tsunami | East Coast | Gisborne | Maximum wave heights of 10m. 25 March | [15] | ||
| 1947 | Tsunami | East Coast | Gisborne | Maximum wave heights of 5m. 17 May | [15] | ||
| 1948 | Weather | 3 | Hamilton | Waikato | Tornado | [16] | |
| 1953 | Volcanic | 151 | Tangiwai | Manawatu | Lahar destroyed rail bridge, sending train into river | Tangiwai disaster | |
| 1953 | Weather | 1 | Auckland | Auckland | Tornado | [17] | |
| 1960 | Tsunami | East coast of New Zealand | Chile | Maximum wave heights of 4.5m | [18] | ||
| 1968 | Earthquake | 3 | Inangahua | West Coast | M 7.1 | 1968 Inangahua earthquake | |
| 1968 | Weather | 53 | North Island | North Island | Cyclone | Cyclone Giselle | |
| 1973 | Weather | 1 | Opunake | Taranaki | Tornado | [19] | |
| 1978 | Flooding | Clutha Valley | Otago | 1978 Otago flood | |||
| 1979 | Landslide | Dunedin | Otago | 69 houses destroyed | 1979 Abbotsford landslip | ||
| 1980 | Weather | 1 | Auckland | Auckland | Tornado | [17] | |
| 1984 | Flooding | Invercargill | Southland | ||||
| 1985 | Landslide | 3 | Te Aroha | Waikato | [20] | ||
| 1987 | Earthquake | 1 | Edgecumbe | Bay of Plenty | $300,000,000[21] | M 6.3 | 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake |
| 1988 | Weather | 3 | East Coast of North Island | North Island | $229,000,000 | Cyclone | Cyclone Bola |
| 1991 | Weather | 1 | Auckland | Auckland | Tornado | [22] | |
| 2003 | Tsunami | Fiordland | Southland | Maximum wave heights of 5m | [23] | ||
| 2004 | Landslide | 2 | Owira | Bay of Plenty | [24] | ||
| 2004 | Weather | 2 | Waitara | Taranaki | Tornado | [16] | |
| 2006 | Volcanic | 1 | Raoul Island | Kermedec Islands | 2006 Raoul Island eruption | ||
| 2007 | Earthquake | 1 | Gisborne | Gisborne | $50,000,000[25] | M 6.7 | 2007 Gisborne earthquake |
| 2009 | Health Crisis | 19 | Nationwide | New Zealand | Swine flu infects 3,175 people and results in 19 deaths | 2009 flu pandemic in New Zealand | |
| 2010 | Earthquake | Darfield | Canterbury | $4,000,000,000 | M 7.1 | 2010 Canterbury earthquake | |
| 2011 | Earthquake | 185 | Christchurch | Canterbury | $42,000,000,000 | M 6.3 | 2011 Christchurch earthquake |
| 2011 | Weather | 1 | Auckland | Auckland | $6,300,000 | Tornado | [16] |
| 2011 | Earthquake | 1 | Christchurch | Canterbury | M 6.4 | June 2011 Christchurch earthquake | |
| 2012 | Weather | 3 | Auckland | Auckland | Tornado | [26] | |
| 2013 | Landslide | 2 | Haast Pass | West Coast | [27] | ||
| 2014 | Flooding | 2 | Northland | North Island | |||
| 2015 | Flooding | 1 | Petone | Wellington | [28] | ||
| 2015 | Flooding | South Dunedin | Otago | [29] | |||
| 2016 | Health Crisis | 3 | Havelock North | Hawke's Bay | $21,000,000[30] | Campylobacter infects 5,200 people and results in 3 deaths | |
| 2016 | Earthquake | 2 | Kaikoura | Canterbury | $2,030,000,000[32] | M 7.8 | 2016 Kaikoura earthquake |
| 2017 | Wildfire | 1 | Port Hills | Canterbury | 2017 Port Hills fires | ||
| 2017 | Flooding | Edgecumbe | Bay of Plenty | 2016–17 South Pacific cyclone season | |||
| 2018 | Weather | Northwestern South Island | New Zealand | $1,000,000[33] | Cyclone Fehi | ||
| 2018 | Weather | Northwestern South Island | New Zealand | Cyclone Gita | |||
| 2019 | Wildfire | Waimea Valley | Tasman and Nelson | Pigeon Valley Fire | |||
| 2019 | Health Crisis | 2 | Nationwide | New Zealand | 2019 New Zealand measles outbreak | ||
| 2019 | Volcanic | 21 | White Island | Bay of Plenty | 2019 White Island eruption | ||
| 2020 | Flooding | 3 | Southern South Island | Southland and Otago | [34][35] | ||
| 2020 | Health Crisis | 25 | Nationwide | New Zealand | COVID-19 infects 1,912 people leading to a nationwide lockdown in April and an Auckland wide lock down in August 2020. | COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand |
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