Help and support

Rates

We have approved rates remissions in response to Cyclone Gabrielle. The remissions apply to red and yellow stickered properties and the application form is available on our rates remissions web page here. 

Central Government funding support 

Central Government has various recovery funding streams open and available. Click the link below to find out more information about North Island Weather Event Recovery funding in more detail.

Cyclone Recovery Funds and Schemes for people in Affected Regions | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)

This page covers funding such as:

• Community and welfare support packages, including temporary accommodation
• Hawke’s Bay Sediment and Silt Recovery Fund
• Solid Waste Management Fund
• Flood Resilience Fund
• Regional and Local Support Fund
• Essential infrastructure recovery programmes – 60/40 CDEM funding mechanism
• Business support packages

Business Support Package

The Government has announced a new package of financial support for businesses, orchards and farms affected by the North Island weather events in early 2023. It will be available to businesses in Northland, Auckland, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Tairāwhiti, Hawke’s Bay, Tararua, and Wairarapa.
The package includes:

• a loan guarantee scheme that will enable commercial lenders to provide loans to highly affected businesses across all sectors with more favourable terms, such as reduced interest rates.
• the North Island Weather Events Primary Producer Finance Scheme that will provide concessionary loans and equity finance to severely impacted, land-based primary sector businesses.

The loan guarantee scheme will be administered by the New Zealand Export Credit Office, and implemented by commercial lenders, such as banks.

For more information visit www.treasury.govt.nz/information-and-services/other-services

The North Island Weather Events Primary Producer Finance Scheme is designed for businesses that have a reasonable chance of returning to viability with additional support. It aims to help these businesses re-engage with commercial lenders.
The scheme will be administered by Kānoa, Regional Economic Development & Investment Unit. For more information visit North Island Weather Events Primary Producer Finance Scheme | Grow Regions