Severe gusts hitting velocities of approximately 155km/h (96mph) have caused around 90,000 properties experiencing outages and forced officials to cancel in excess of 100 aircraft departures, based on local media.
The gales are impacting the entire southern region and southern parts of the northern region, per the weather forecasting body.
Officials in New Zealand have announced uncommon high-level wind alerts - the highest alert level - in central regions encompassing Canterbury and Wellington.
People have been urged to remain inside, stay off roads, and prepare for additional utility disruptions.
Broad Damage and Emergency Measures
The electricity loss appears to be affecting residences predominantly in the southern region, while agencies report that the electricity supply was being slowly brought back.
Local media have indicated that in various locations roofs have been ripped off houses, whereas trees and electricity poles have been knocked down by the gusts.
In Wellington, a man was lost his life after being hit by a tree branch at a frequent walking route on Tuesday.
Additionally in the city, a female was pushed toward moving cars on a road by a strong gust of wind, in a incident that was filmed in a widely shared car camera footage.
Air travel entering and leaving the urban area have been halted as a result of the weather, and certain highways and community centers are shut down.
Simultaneously local leaders have issued a state of emergency, to assist emergency management operations.
Strike Action During Extreme Weather
The powerful gales on today coincide with tens of thousands of teachers, doctors and other public workers take part in what has been termed a "major walkout", calling for improved salaries and workplace environments.
But the severe conditions has forced them to modify various scheduled activities, with several external protests shifted to interior venues or cancelled.
Like conditions are impacting Australia, bringing a high-temperature event to the country's outback.
Officials have issued burning restrictions for concern about forest fires.
