NZ Disasters

By Ginnyw2

  • Taupo landslide

    60 people died.

  • Wairarapa earthquake

    8.5., 5-9 people died.

  • Orpheus Shipwreck.

    7th February, Killed 189 people.

  • Otago floods

    25 people died.

  • Fiery Star Shipwreck

    11th May, Killed 79 people.

  • City of Dunedin shipwreck

    39 passengers disappeared.

  • General Grant shipwreck

    14th May, Killed 73 people.

  • Great storm

    12 ships were wrecked and 40 people died.

  • Cospatrick shipwreck.

    470 died. 3 survived.

  • Kaitangata mine accident

    34 miners were killed.

  • Tararua shipwreck

    131 people died.

  • Wairarapa shipwreck.

    29th October, 121 died.

  • Mt Tarawera erupted.

    120 people died.

  • Motu river accident

    16 children and 12 adults died.

  • Late May, Loch Long shipwreck.

    24 died.

  • White Island landslide

    10 people died.

  • Influenza pandemic.

    Killed around 50 million people.

  • Merchersin earthquake

    17 people died.

  • Hawke’s Bay earthquake

    256 people died.

  • Kopuawhara flood

    21 people died.

  • Fire at Ballantynes store in Christchurch.

    18th November. Killed 41 people.