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.

If your Disaster Recovery Allowance or New Zealand Disaster Recovery Allowance is ending

If your disaster support payment is ending, you can find out what other payments and services you may be eligible for.

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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