New Zealand Disaster Recovery Allowance

Support for eligible New Zealanders who've lost income as a direct result of North Queensland floods that started in January - February 2025.

You have until 19 August 2025 to make a claim for the following Local Government Areas (LGAs):

  • Barcaldine
  • Blackall-Tambo
  • Boulia
  • Burdekin
  • Cairns
  • Carpentaria
  • Cassowary Coast
  • Charters Towers
  • Cloncurry
  • Cook
  • Croydon
  • Diamantina
  • Douglas
  • Etheridge
  • Flinders
  • Hinchinbrook
  • Hope Vale
  • Kowanyama
  • Longreach
  • McKinlay
  • Northern Peninsula Area
  • Palm Island
  • Pormpuraaw
  • Richmond
  • Tablelands
  • Townsville
  • Whitsunday
  • Winton
  • Wujal Wujal
  • Yarrabah.

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

Page last updated: 21 February 2025.
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