List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll
100 or more deaths

List of disasters in New Zealand by death toll

Section Title: 100 or more deaths
Table Section Text: None

Deaths	Name	Type	Date	Location	Notes

257	ANZ Flight 901	airliner accident	28 Nov 1979	Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica	Controlled flight into terrain

256	1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake	earthquake	3 Feb 1931	20 km north of Napier

200+	1820s Southland tsunami	tsunami	1820s	Orepuki beach	Possibly more than 200 killed

189	HMS Orpheus	shipwreck	7 Feb 1863	off Manukau Heads, near Auckland

185	2011 Christchurch earthquake	earthquake	22 February 2011	Christchurch

151	Tangiwai disaster	train wreck/lahar	24 Dec 1953	Whangaehu River

135+	1st Little Waihi landslide	landslide	1780	Waihi Village

131	SS Tararua	shipwreck	29 Apr 1881	off Waipapa Point

121	SS Wairarapa	shipwreck	29 Oct 1894	off Great Barrier Island

108–153	1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera	volcanic eruption	10 Jun 1886	Mount Tarawera

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The 2011 earthquake caused damage across Christchurch, killing 185 people in the nation's fifth-deadliest disaster.

final_sentence: The 2011 earthquake caused damage across Christchurch, killing 185 people in the nation's fifth-deadliest disaster.