List of Southern Hemisphere tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
Tornado Event Date Area Tornadoes Casualties Notes
Parnell tornado December 1863 Parnell , New Zealand - 0 fatalities , numerous injuries Tornado passed through part of Auckland suburb of Parnell destroying every building , and every tree it came across causing a total of £5,000 in damage
Frankton ( Hamilton ) tornado 25 August 1948 Waikato , New Zealand - 3 fatalities , 80 injuries F2 damage ; 163 buildings and 50 businesses
Halswell tornado 19 January 1983 Halswell , Christchurch , New Zealand - 0 fatalities , unknown injured Part of a severe storm to strike Christchurch . Authorities did n't believe reports made by citizens . Few buildings were damaged
Albany tornado May 1991 Albany , New Zealand - 1 fatality , unknown injured Local church destroyed . One man driving a bulldozer was killed by flying debris
Waitara tornado 15 August 2004 Taranaki , New Zealand - 2 fatalities , 2 serious injured The casualties occurred when a farmhouse was demolished by the tornado . Several power lines were taken out , affecting 6,662 consumers . Media reports included debris 'spread over an area 400 metres long by 50 metres wide ' , although other media outlets described the track length as being greater than 1 km
Greymouth tornado 10 March 2005 West Coast , New Zealand 1 0 fatalities , 6 injured The path of devastation was approximately 4 km long and 400 m wide . It had an F1 rating with winds speeds of around 180 km/hr . It was estimated that the tornado lasted 10 seconds . The insurance industry payouts for the tornado was NZ $ 9,200,000 ( in 2005 ) . Two tornadoes touched down in Greymouth within two years . Up to 30 people were made homeless . Six people received injuries from the tornado . Two people were admitted to hospital with moderate injuries and one was treated and discharged . The St John 's ambulance treated another three people for minor cuts and bruises . One woman was injured when the tornado flipped over the campervan she was sitting in . A 12 tonne truck was overturned along with a number of cars . West Coast is one of the most tornado-prone areas of New Zealand
New Plymouth tornado 4 July 2007 New Plymouth , New Zealand - 0 fatalities A series of tornadoes ripped through the New Plymouth district of New Zealand , damaging 50 homes and rendering 70-80% of them uninhabitable . One person was injured , and several were trapped inside vehicles by powerlines
Auckland tornado 3 May 2011 Auckland , New Zealand - 1 fatality , 14 injuries A tornado struck the Auckland suburb of Albany , killing one person , and injuring many others
New Plymouth tornadoes 19 June 2011 New Plymouth , New Zealand 2 confirmed 1 unconfirmed 0 fatalities Two tornadoes struck New Plymouth damaging businesses in the Central Business District , St Mary 's Church Hall and a hotel
Auckland tornado 6 December 2012 Auckland , New Zealand More than 1 3 fatalities , 7 injuries A tornado struck the Auckland suburb of Hobsonville , killing three people , and injuring at least seven others
Christchurch tornado 18 November 2019 Christchurch , New Zealand 1 2 injuries A tornado struck Christchurch , injuring two people and causing significant damage
Oceania -- New Zealand
Parent article: List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks
These are some notable tornadoes, tornado outbreaks, and tornado outbreak sequences that have occurred in the Southern Hemisphere including Oceania, and, for the purposes of this list, all of South America and Africa.