Challenging spring weather and rainfall in Southland region and Clutha district

On 4 October 2024, Minister of Agriculture, Todd McClay, and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Patterson declared a medium-scale adverse event for the entire Southland region and Clutha district as a result of challenging spring weather and recent significant rainfall.

To help affected farmers and growers we have made a ‘class of case’ determination for the Income Equalisation Scheme to allow:

• late deposits for the 2024 year until 1 May 2025
• early withdrawals if the deposit was made prior to the Ministerial announcement on 4 October 2024.

We have more information about this event and the help available to farmers and growers below.

2024 - October - Challenging spring weather and rainfall in Southland and Clutha

The discretionary relief is in addition to our standard support that is available for adverse and emergency events.

Tax relief for emergency events