Events in New Zealand

179 notable events in New Zealand — earthquakes, murders and shipwrecks. Page 2 of 2.

• 1987 Edgecumbe earthquake
  Mar 2, 1987 · Earthquake
• Admiral Karpfanger (barque)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Maungatapu murders
  Jun 12, 1866 · Murder & homicide
• 2025 New Zealand measles outbreak
  date unknown · Epidemic & disease
• 2016 Christchurch earthquake
  Feb 14, 2016 · Earthquake
• Timeline of the Canterbury earthquakes
  date unknown · Earthquake
• Natural Hazards Commission
  date unknown · Earthquake
• Wanganui Computer Centre bombing
  Nov 18, 1982 · Bombing & explosion
• SS Tararua
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 2004 Tasman Sea earthquake
  Dec 24, 2004 · Earthquake
• Winter 2025 New Zealand floods
  date unknown · Natural disaster
• Terrorism Suppression Act 2002
  2002 · Terrorism
• 2021 Dunedin supermarket stabbing
  May 10, 2021 · Attack (other)
• 2013 Seddon earthquake
  Jul 21, 2013 · Earthquake
• 1848 Marlborough earthquake
  Oct 16, 1848 · Earthquake
• December 2011 Christchurch earthquakes
  Dec 23, 2011 · Earthquake
• 1963 Brynderwyn bus accident
  Feb 7, 1963 · Road accident
• Murder of Janak Patel
  Nov 23, 2022 · Murder & homicide
• SS Elingamite
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Ōnawe Peninsula
  date unknown · Massacre
• 2007 Gisborne earthquake
  Dec 20, 2007 · Earthquake
• SS Ventnor
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Daniel Cooper (murderer)
  Jan 1, 1917–Jan 1, 1922 · Murder & homicide
• Tea tape scandal
  date unknown · Scandal & controversy
• Pigeon Valley Fire
  Feb 5, 2019–Mar 6, 2019 · Fire
• 2009 Dusky Sound earthquake
  Jul 15, 2009 · Earthquake
• 2019–2020 New Zealand measles outbreak
  Feb 16, 2019–Feb 21, 2020 · Epidemic & disease
• 1835 Auckland earthquake
  Jan 1, 1835 · Earthquake
• Timona Park plane crash
  Jan 23, 2012 · Aviation accident
• 2024 Port Hills fire
  from Feb 14, 2024 · Fire
• Haowhenua earthquake
  1460 · Earthquake
• Ongarue railway disaster
  Jul 6, 1923 · Rail accident
• Kaitangata Mine disaster
  Feb 21, 1879 · Industrial & structural disaster
• 1942 Wairarapa earthquakes
  Jun 24, 1942 · Earthquake
• 1943 Whenuapai Consolidated Liberator crash
  Aug 2, 1943 · Aviation accident
• Völkner incident
  1865 · Murder & homicide
• 1888 North Canterbury earthquake
  Sep 1, 1888 · Earthquake
• Killing of James Patrick Ward
  Feb 5, 1962 · Murder & homicide
• 2003 Fiordland earthquake
  Aug 22, 2003 · Earthquake
• 1901 Cheviot earthquake
  Nov 16, 1901 · Earthquake
• Tamahere coolstore fire
  Apr 5, 2008 · Fire
• GeoNet (New Zealand)
  date unknown · Earthquake
• 2016 Te Araroa earthquake
  Sep 1, 2016 · Earthquake
• Huntly rail bridge bombing
  Apr 30, 1951 · Attack (other)
• 1843 Wanganui earthquake
  Jul 8, 1843 · Earthquake
• 2013 Lake Grassmere earthquake
  Aug 16, 2013 · Earthquake
• 2014 Eketāhuna earthquake
  Jan 20, 2014 · Earthquake
• 1947 Gisborne earthquakes and tsunami
  Mar 26, 1947 · Earthquake
• 2005 New Zealand election funding controversy
  2005 · Scandal & controversy
• 2024 Otago floods
  Oct 2024 · Natural disaster
• MV Kaitawa
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1936 Paraparaumu train wreck
  Aug 30, 1936 · Rail accident
• Rakaia railway accident
  Mar 11, 1899 · Rail accident
• 1929 Arthur's Pass earthquake
  Mar 9, 1929 · Earthquake
• 1891 Port Waikato earthquake
  Jun 23, 1891 · Earthquake
• Shaky Isles
  date unknown · Earthquake
• Rimutaka Incline railway accidents
  Sep 11, 1880 · Rail accident
• Raetihi forest fire
  Mar 20, 1918 · Fire
• SS Taiaroa (1875)
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• 1863 Hawke's Bay earthquake
  Feb 22, 1863 · Earthquake
• New Zealand First Foundation fraud case
  date unknown · Crime & justice
• Lee affair
  1939 · Scandal & controversy
• Te Rata Bridge
  date unknown · Industrial & structural disaster
• Ngāti Tama–Ngāti Tūwharetoa War
  1600 · War & armed conflict
• 1869 Christchurch earthquake
  Jun 5, 1869 · Earthquake
• 1881 Castle Hill earthquake
  Dec 5, 1881 · Earthquake
• 1934 Pahiatua earthquake
  Mar 5, 1934 · Earthquake
• 2023 southern New Zealand floods
  Sep 21, 2023 · Natural disaster
• 1974 Dunedin earthquake
  Apr 9, 1974 · Earthquake
• 1904 Cape Turnagain earthquake
  Aug 9, 1904 · Earthquake
• Port Hills Fault
  date unknown · Earthquake
• 1922 Motunau earthquake
  Dec 25, 1922 · Earthquake
• 1914 East Cape earthquakes
  Oct 7, 1914 · Earthquake
• SS Tauranga
  date unknown · Maritime disaster
• Air Freight NZ Flight 1
  Jul 31, 1989 · Aviation accident
• Lake Opuha
  date unknown
• 2010 Wellington earthquake
  Sep 6, 2010 · Earthquake
• Waverley (ship, 1883)
  date unknown
• Schlaepfer family murders
  May 20, 1992 · Murder & homicide