This is a list of New Zealand disasters by death toll, listing major peacetime disasters which occurred in New Zealand and its territories or involved a significant number of New Zealand citizens, in a specific incident, where the loss of life was 10 or more.
100 or more deaths
50 to 99 deaths
10 to 49 deaths
NOTE: The exact number of deaths in some early New Zealand shipwrecks is not fully recorded. There may be several shipwrecks not listed here which claimed ten or more lives.
Significant incidents resulting in fewer than 10 deaths
Pandemics and health crises
Significant incidents of New Zealanders being killed overseas
See also
- List of earthquakes in New Zealand
- List of massacres in New Zealand
- List of natural disasters in New Zealand
- List of New Zealand-related topics
- List of rail accidents in New Zealand
References
External links
- New Zealand disasters timeline, Ministry for Culture and Heritage
- Natural hazards and disasters, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
- Shipwrecks, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
