New Zealand Disaster Recovery Payment

A lump sum payment to help eligible New Zealanders affected by New South Wales east coast severe weather and flooding that started in May 2025.

You have until 25 November 2025 to make a claim for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):

  • Bellingen
  • Coffs Harbour
  • Dungog
  • Kempsey
  • Maitland
  • Mid-Coast
  • Nambucca Valley
  • Port Macquarie-Hastings
  • Port Stephens.

To see emergency information about your LGA, you can enter your address into the New South Wales Government’s find your local council tool.

To get New Zealand Disaster Recovery Payment you must meet all eligibility rules.

Page last updated: 28 May 2025.
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