List of New Zealand Disasters By Death Toll - List of Disasters

List of Disasters

Deaths Name or description Type Date Location Notes
7002257000000000000257 Air New Zealand Flight 901 Air accident 01979-11-2828 Nov 1979 Mt Erebus, Ross Dependency, Antarctica Controlled flight into terrain
7002256000000000000256 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake earthquake 01931-02-033 Feb 1931 20 km north of Napier
7002189000000000000189 HMS Orpheus shipwreck 01863-02-077 Feb 1863 off the Manukau Heads near Auckland
7002185000000000000185 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake earthquake 02011-02-2222 February 2011 Christchurch
7002151000000000000151 Tangiwai disaster rail accident / lahar 01953-12-2424 Dec 1953 NIMT Whangaehu River bridge, between Waiouru and Ohakune rail bridge destroyed by lahar from Mount Ruapehu
7002135000000000000135+ landslide 01780-01-011780 Te Rapa/Waihi Village
7002131000000000000131 SS Tararua shipwreck 01881-04-2929 Apr 1881 off Waipapa Point
7002121000000000000121 SS Wairarapa shipwreck 01894-10-2929 Oct 1894 off Great Barrier Island
7002108000000000000108–153 Mount Tarawera eruption volcanic eruption 01886-06-1010 Jun 1886 Mount Tarawera
7002100000000000000100–200 floods and snowstorms 01863-07-01 Jul 1863 - 01863-08-01 Aug 1863 Central Otago goldfields
700179000000000000079 Fiery Star shipwreck 01865-05-1111 May 1865 240 km off the Chatham Islands
700179000000000000079 Matoaka shipwreck (presumed) 01869-01-011869 between Lyttelton and London
700175000000000000075 SS Penguin shipwreck 01909-02-1212 Feb 1909 off Cape Terawhiti
700168000000000000068 General Grant shipwreck 01866-05-01 May 1866 Auckland Island
700165000000000000065 Brunner Mine disaster mine accident 01896-03-2626 Mar 1896 Brunner
700165000000000000065 Little Waihi Landslide landslide 01846-05-077 May 1846 Waihi Village
700153000000000000053 Wahine disaster shipwreck 01968-04-1010 Apr 1968 Barrett Reef, Wellington Harbour
700148000000000000048 Featherston prisoner of war camp riot riot 01943-02-2525 Feb 1943 Featherston, New Zealand
700145000000000000045 SS Elingamite shipwreck 01902-11-099 Nov 1902 off West Island in the Three Kings Islands
700143000000000000043 Ralph's Mine mine accident 01914-09-1212 Sep 1914 Huntly
700141000000000000041 Ballantyne's store disaster fire 01947-11-1818 Nov 1947 Christchurch
700139000000000000039 City of Dunedin shipwreck 01865-05-2020 May 1865 Cook Strait
700137000000000000037 Seacliff Lunatic Asylum fire 01942-12-088 Dec 1942 Seacliff
700134000000000000034 SS Taiaroa shipwreck 01886-04-1111 Apr 1886 Clarence River mouth
700134000000000000034 Kaitangata mine mine explosion 01879-02-2121 Feb 1879 Kaitangata
700134000000000000034 Dunedin shipwreck (presumed) 01890-01-011890 between Oamaru and London
700130000000000000030 Marlborough shipwreck (presumed) 01890-01-011890 between Lyttelton and London
700129000000000000029 Pike River Mine disaster mine explosion 02010-11-1919 November 2010 northwest of Greymouth
700129000000000000029 MV Kaitawa shipwreck 01966-05-2323 May 1966 near Pandora Bank, Cape Reinga
700126000000000000026 Barque Maria shipwreck 01851-01-011851 Cape Terawhiti
700125000000000000025+ Great storm of 1868, flash floods and 12 shipwrecks storm 01868-02-033 Feb 1868
700125000000000000025 MV Joyita ghost ship 01955-10-01 Oct 1955 En route from Apia, Samoa to Tokelau
700124000000000000024 Assaye shipwreck (presumed) 01890-01-011890 between London and Wellington; wreckage washed up at the Chatham Islands 7 months after the ship left London
700123000000000000023 New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441 air accident 01963-07-033 Jul 1963 Kaimai Ranges
700122000000000000022 launch Ranui shipwreck 01950-12-3030 Dec 1950 off Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty
700121000000000000021 Hyde railway disaster rail accident 01943-06-044 Jun 1943 near Hyde
700121000000000000021 railway workers camp flood 01938-02-1919 Feb 1938 Kopuawhara
700121000000000000021 brigantine Sophia Pate shipwreck 01841-08-01 Aug 1841 Kaipara Harbour
700120000000000000020 schooner St. Vincent shipwreck 01869-01-011869 Palliser Bay
700119000000000000019 Strongman Mine mine explosion 01967-01-1919 Jan 1967 near Greymouth
700118000000000000018 Clyde shipwreck 01884-11-066 Nov 1884 Horseshoe Bay, near Akaroa, Banks Peninsula
700118000000000000018 Lastingham shipwreck 01884-09-011 Sep 1884 Cape Jackson, Cook Strait
700118000000000000018 schooners Enterprise and Tauranga shipwreck 01870-07-2323 Jul 1870 between Cape Rodney and Sail Rock, Hauraki Gulf
700117000000000000017 1929 Murchison earthquake earthquake 01929-06-1717 Jun 1929 Murchison
700117000000000000017 North Island Main Trunk express rail accident 01923-07-066 Jul 1923 Ongarue
700116000000000000016 Capitaine Bougainville shipwreck 01975-09-033 Sep 1975 Whananaki
700116000000000000016 1943 Liberator crash at Whenuapai air accident 01943-08-022 Aug 1943 Whenuapai
700115000000000000015 Brynderwyns bus accident road accident 01963-02-077 Feb 1963 Brynderwyn Hills
700115000000000000015 MV Holmglen shipwreck 01959-11-2424 Nov 1959 near Timaru
700115000000000000015 Lockheed Lodestar airliner crash air accident 01949-03-1818 Mar 1949 near Waikanae
700115000000000000015 Derry Castle shipwreck 01887-03-2020 Mar 1887 Enderby Island, Auckland Islands
700114000000000000014 Cave Creek disaster structural failure 01995-04-2828 Apr 1995 Paparoa National Park
700114000000000000014 Aramoana massacre spree killing 01990-11-1313 Nov 1990 Aramoana, near Dunedin
700114000000000000014 Two Hudson bombers lost off the New Zealand coast air accident 01944-08-2121 Aug 1944 en route from Fiji
700114000000000000014 floods 01858-01-1717 Jan 1858 Hutt Valley
700113000000000000013 NAC Electra air crash air accident 01948-10-2323 Oct 1948 on Mount Ruapehu
700113000000000000013 SS Ventnor shipwreck 01902-10-2828 Oct 1902 off Omapere, Hokianga
700113000000000000013 Tasmania shipwreck 01897-01-011897 Mahia Peninsula
700112000000000000012 barque Dundonald shipwreck 01907-03-077 Mar 1907 Disappointment Island, Auckland Islands
700112000000000000012 Barque Lizzie Bell shipwreck 01901-07-2424 Jul 1901 Waimate, Taranaki
700112000000000000012 floods 01897-04-1616 Apr 1897 Clive, Hawkes Bay
700112000000000000012 Zuleika shipwreck 01897-04-1616 Apr 1897 near Cape Palliser
700112000000000000012 Octagon building fire fire 01879-09-088 Sep 1879 Dunedin
700112000000000000012 ferry Pride of the Yarra and paddle steamer Favourite collision 01863-07-066 Jul 1863 Otago Harbour
700112000000000000012 Alcmène shipwreck 01851-06-033 Jun 1851 Baylys Beach, Kaipara
700112000000000000012 Brigantine Rio Loge shipwreck (presumed) 01909-01-01 Jan 1909 Last seen in Cook Strait on 14 January, en route from Kaipara to Dunedin May have caused the wreck of the Penguin a month later.
700111000000000000011 2012 Carterton hot air balloon crash air accident 02012-01-077 Jan 2012 near Carterton
700111000000000000011 Glen Afton mine, carbon monoxide asphyxiation mine disaster 01939-09-2424 Sep 1939 Huntly
700111000000000000011 B17 bomber crash air accident 01942-06-1212 Jun 1942 RNZAF Base Auckland at Whenuapai
700110000000000000010 Aspiring Air Britten-Norman Islander, collided with terrain air crash 01989-08-088 Aug 1989 Upper Dart Valley
700110000000000000010 Brig Australia shipwreck 01873-05-2323 May 1873 off Cape Campbell
700110000000000000010 Husky and Argo lost to storm in yacht race shipwrecks 01951-01-2121 Jan 1951 between Wellington and Christchurch
700110000000000000010 sulphur mine destroyed lahar 01914-09-1010 Sep 1914 Whakaari/White Island

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