2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods information
New Zealand natural disaster
This article is about the events of late January and early February. For the February cyclone, see Cyclone Gabrielle. For the earlier 2023 storm, see 2022–23 South Pacific cyclone season § Tropical Depression Hale.
2023 Auckland Anniversary Weekend floods
Map of the North Island, where the floods occurred
Date
27 January 2023 (2023-01-27) – 2 February 2023 (2023-02-02) (7 days)[1]
Location
Upper North Island, New Zealand
Deaths
4[2]
Property damage
Over NZ$1.95 billion[3]
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Beginning on Friday, 27 January 2023, regions across the upper North Island of New Zealand experienced widespread catastrophic floods caused by heavy rainfall, with Auckland being the most significantly affected as the Auckland Anniversary holiday weekend began.[4]
Severe flash flooding occurred across Auckland from around 5:00pm on 27 January local time, after heavy rain in the afternoon.[5] Flooding was widespread across the city, with West Auckland and North Shore being the worst affected areas. NIWA reported that an entire summer's worth of rain fell within one day in what it described as a 1-in-200-year event.[6][7] The event is considered to be the worst floods in Auckland's modern history.[8] Over the following days other areas of the upper North Island were impacted.[9]
Minister of Finance Grant Robertson stated at the time that the event was New Zealand's costliest non-earthquake event ever,[10] although this record was broken only two weeks later when Cyclone Gabrielle impacted the country.[11]
^Judge, Christian (14 February 2023). "Insurers braced for Gabrielle claims as 27 Jan to 2 Feb claims pass 40,000". ICNZ | Insurance Council of New Zealand. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
^"Aucklanders receive emergency phone alert as MetService issues heavy rain warning". Stuff. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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^"New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks on catastrophic floods in Auckland". Sky News Australia. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
^"Auckland flooding: What you need to know". RNZ. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^"PM urges Aucklanders to support each other amid catastrophic floods". 1 News. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
^"Auckland suffers wettest month in history". NIWA. 2 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^"One killed as extreme flooding swamps Auckland". Otago Daily Times. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
^"Video: Special Update: More heavy rain, gales, coming for upper North Island". WeatherWatch.co.nz. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
^"Recap: Fresh heavy rain watches for parts of Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty". Stuff. 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
^Trade, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and (22 March 2023). "Cyclone Gabrielle's impact on the New Zealand economy and exports - March 2023". New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
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