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The Cost of Disaster events
Natural disasters in New Zealand cost the insurance industry millions of dollars in claims.
The table below lists natural disasters which have occurred in New Zealand since 1968, including storms, floods, tornadoes and snowstorms and the costs to the insurance industry arising from these events.
Claims history (Updated November 2009)
Event |
Date |
Original $m. |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 |
Wellington Thunderstorm |
12 March |
Provisional - 1.0 |
|
2010 |
Flooding North & South Islands |
24-27 May |
Provisional - 4.5 |
|
2010 |
Flooding – Northland/Coromandel/Eastern BOP |
1 June |
Provisional - 9.0 |
|
2009 |
Bay of Plenty Hail Storm |
11 May |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2009 |
Kaitaia Tornado |
4 July |
0.0075 |
0.0075 |
2009 |
North Island Storms |
11/12 July |
1.7 |
1.7 |
2009 |
Fiordland Earthquake |
15 July |
1.5 |
1.5 |
2009 |
Taranaki Tornado |
21 July |
0.5 |
0.5 |
2008 |
North Island Storms |
26-27-Jul |
26.70 |
26.70 |
2008 |
Nationwide Storms |
30-Jul - 1-Aug |
46.30 |
46.30 |
2008 |
Canterbury hail storm |
17-Nov |
11.20 |
11.20 |
2008 |
Hastings Earthquake |
25-Aug |
0.23 |
0.23 |
2008 |
Flooding Nth Canterbury and Marlborough [prelim.] |
26-Aug |
0.80 |
0.80 |
2008 |
Cambridge Tornado |
17-Oct |
1.03 |
1.03 |
2007 |
Storm event - Far North |
29-Mar |
12.50 |
12.75 |
2007 |
Flooding - Nelson & New Plymouth |
23-May |
1.10 |
1.12 |
2007 |
Tornado events |
4 - 5-Jul |
8.30 |
8.38 |
2007 |
Frost claims - Otago & Canterbury |
7 - 9-Jul |
7.00 |
7.07 |
2007 |
Storm event - Far North / Auckland / Coromandel |
10 -12-Jul |
60.50 |
61.00 |
2007 |
Flooding Hawkes Bay |
17-Jul |
1.10 |
1.11 |
2007 |
High Winds Event, Central North and Lower South Islands |
23-24-Oct |
4.80 |
4.82 |
2007 |
Gisborne earthquake |
20 Dec |
30.50 |
30.50 |
2006 |
Flooding - Oamaru / Dunedin |
26-Apr |
1.80 |
1.87 |
2006 |
Storms North & South Islands |
12-Jun |
42.50 |
43.91 |
2006 |
Storm/Flood events - Wellington, Manawatu, Wairarapa |
5-7-Jul |
2.70 |
2.78 |
2006 |
Windstorm damage - Mid to Upper North Island |
9-Nov |
3.40 |
3.48 |
2005 |
Flooding - Wellington Region |
6-Jan |
2.50 |
2.71 |
2005 |
Rain Storm - Dunedin |
7-Feb |
5.00 |
5.42 |
2005 |
Greymouth Tornado |
10-Mar |
9.20 |
9.95 |
2005 |
Coastal erosion - Haumoana |
H.B. |
0.00 |
0.03 |
2005 |
Storm damage Bay of Plenty |
25-Mar |
0.90 |
0.97 |
2005 |
Flooding - Lower Nth Island |
31-Mar |
0.60 |
0.65 |
2005 |
Christchurch Hailstorm |
23 &24-Mar |
13.00 |
14.06 |
2005 |
BOP Tauranga / Matata |
18-May |
28.50 |
30.65 |
2005 |
Flooding - Gisborne/East Cape |
23-Oct |
0.70 |
0.74 |
2004 |
Storm Damage - North Island |
20 & 21 Jan |
0.75 |
0.84 |
2004 |
Storm Damage - Lower Nth Island |
15 & 16 Feb |
112.00 |
124.58 |
2004 |
Wanganui Hailstorm |
6-Apr |
1.30 |
1.44 |
2004 |
Eastern Bay of Plenty Floods |
17 & 19-Jul |
17.60 |
19.37 |
2004 |
Storms - North and South Islands |
15 & 20 Aug |
8.70 |
9.55 |
2004 |
Flooding - Hawkes Bay |
18-Oct |
4.80 |
5.25 |
2003 |
Lower North Island Flooding / Storm Damage |
9 - 10-Jun |
1.00 |
1.13 |
2003 |
North & South Islands / Storms & Floods |
3 & 4 Oct |
2.30 |
2.58 |
2002 |
Canterbury Hail Storm |
5-Jan |
3.00 |
3.49 |
2002 |
Canterbury Flooding |
14-Jan |
0.25 |
0.29 |
2002 |
Dunedin Flooding |
17-Jan |
0.30 |
0.35 |
2002 |
Wellington / Wairarapa Flooding |
10-Jan |
0.60 |
0.70 |
2002 |
North Island Flooding / Storm Damage |
21-Jun |
21.50 |
24.63 |
2001 |
Masterton Hailstorm |
7-Jan |
1.50 |
1.78 |
2001 |
Storm Damage North Island |
4 Nov |
0.50 |
0.58 |
2001 |
Wellington / Wairarapa Floods |
10-Dec |
0.60 |
0.70 |
2000 |
Tauranga / Eastern Bay of Plenty Floods |
10-Apr |
1.90 |
2.32 |
2000 |
Auckland / Coromandel Floods |
3-Jul |
7.60 |
9.22 |
2000 |
North Island Severe Weather |
26-Sep |
4.20 |
5.03 |
2000 |
Canterbury Storms |
12-Oct |
9.40 |
11.24 |
1999 |
Northland & Pukekohe Floods |
22-Jan |
5.00 |
6.19 |
1999 |
Dargaville Floods |
18-Apr |
1.70 |
2.11 |
1999 |
Whangarei / Rotorua Floods |
1-May |
2.10 |
2.60 |
1999 |
South Canterbury Storms |
2-Jul |
0.60 |
0.74 |
1999 |
Queenstown Lakes District Floods |
1-Dec |
46.10 |
56.77 |
1998 |
North & South Island Floods / Storms |
1-Jul |
11.80 |
14.56 |
1998 |
Mercury Energy Crisis |
1-May |
10.20 |
12.62 |
1998 |
North & South Islands Storms |
22-Oct |
6.20 |
7.62 |
1998 |
North & South Islands Storms |
30-Oct |
2.00 |
2.46 |
1998 |
Upper North Island Storms |
29-Nov |
5.00 |
6.17 |
1997 |
Cyclone Dreena |
11-Jan |
3.20 |
4.01 |
1997 |
South Island Storms |
21-Jan |
1.10 |
1.38 |
1997 |
Wairoa Floods |
3-Jun |
0.50 |
0.63 |
1997 |
Auckland Floods |
24-May |
3.70 |
4.64 |
1997 |
Northland Floods |
30-Jun |
1.20 |
1.50 |
1997 |
Coromandel Floods |
25-Sep |
0.50 |
0.62 |
1997 |
Auckland Floods |
28-Sep |
0.70 |
0.87 |
1997 |
Southland & Otago Wind & Hail |
13-Nov |
0.40 |
0.50 |
1997 |
North & South Island Windstorms |
1-Dec |
2.90 |
3.61 |
1997 |
South Island Windstorms |
19-Dec |
0.20 |
0.25 |
1996 |
Weather related losses June & July |
3-Jul |
8.10 |
10.27 |
1996 |
Weather related losses |
1-Dec |
2.10 |
2.64 |
1996 |
Cyclone Fergus |
30-Dec |
1.60 |
2.00 |
1995 |
Whangarei & District Floods |
30-Jun |
1.70 |
2.20 |
1995 |
New Plymouth Floods |
25-Apr |
3.60 |
4.69 |
1995 |
Thames / Kaiaua Floods |
18-Jul |
2.80 |
3.62 |
1995 |
North & South Island Floods |
2-Jul |
4.50 |
5.82 |
1994 |
Hastings Hailstorm * |
30-Jun |
10.80 |
14.61 |
1994 |
South Canterbury Floods |
19-Feb |
1.50 |
2.04 |
1994 |
North & South Storm / Floods |
1-Nov |
6.00 |
7.99 |
1993 |
Kaikoura Flood |
24-Dec |
7.60 |
10.32 |
1992 |
Auckland Tornado |
30-Jun |
1.10 |
1.52 |
1992 |
Canterbury Snowstorm |
28-Aug |
7.00 |
9.68 |
1991 |
Otago Floods |
18-Feb |
1.60 |
2.25 |
1991 |
Albany Tornado |
30-Jun |
1.50 |
2.10 |
1990 |
Taranaki / Wanganui Floods |
8-Aug |
1.80 |
2.58 |
1988 |
Cyclone Bola |
8-Mar |
37.00 |
60.55 |
1988 |
Greymouth Floods |
1-May |
3.20 |
5.20 |
1988 |
Manawatu Floods |
25-Jul |
2.50 |
4.03 |
1988 |
Greymouth Floods |
1-Sep |
13.40 |
21.53 |
1987 |
Bay of Plenty Earthquake |
30-Jun |
192.00 |
330.11 |
1986 |
Auckland Floods |
30-Jun |
0.40 |
0.82 |
1986 |
Nelson Floods |
30-Jun |
0.40 |
0.82 |
1986 |
North Otago / South Canterbury Floods |
13-Mar |
18.50 |
39.03 |
1985 |
South Auckland |
1-May |
2.90 |
6.76 |
1985 |
Thames / Coromandel / Te Aroha |
30-Jun |
5.90 |
13.32 |
1985 |
Wellington / Hutt Valley |
30-Jun |
1.40 |
3.16 |
1985 |
Auckland Floods |
30-Jun |
3.60 |
8.13 |
1985 |
Chatham Islands |
30-Jun |
0.80 |
1.81 |
1985 |
Gisborne Floods |
30-Jun |
1.70 |
3.84 |
1985 |
Hawkes Bay / Wairarapa |
30-Jun |
0.90 |
2.03 |
1984 |
Invercargill / Southland Floods |
1-Jan |
45.80 |
124.09 |
1984 |
Greymouth Floods |
30-Jun |
3.50 |
9.22 |
1984 |
Auckland Floods |
30-Jun |
1.80 |
4.74 |
1983 |
Christchurch Storm |
30-Jun |
3.50 |
9.65 |
1983 |
Marlborough / Golden Bay Floods |
30-Jun |
2.30 |
6.34 |
1981 |
Thames / Coromandel / Paeroa Floods |
1-Apr |
7.00 |
25.41 |
1981 |
Keri Keri Floods |
1-Mar |
2.00 |
7.34 |
1980 |
South Island Summer Floods |
17-Jan |
2.30 |
9.93 |
1980 |
Taieri / Otago / New Plymouth Floods |
5-Jun |
8.00 |
32.51 |
1980 |
Onehunga Tornado |
1 Aug |
1.00 |
1.99 |
1978 |
Otago Floods |
16-Oct |
10.30 |
53.32 |
1976 |
Wellington / Hutt Valley Floods |
30-Jun |
6.20 |
42.30 |
1975 |
Canterbury Storms |
1-Aug |
7.00 |
55.52 |
1968 |
Wahine storm |
10-Apr |
3.50 |
51.06 |
1968 |
Loss of Wahine |
10-Apr |
10.00 |
145.87 |
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