Drought conditions in Taranaki region

On 27 February 2025, Minister of Agriculture, Todd McClay, and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Patterson declared a medium-scale adverse event for the Taranaki region because of hot, dry conditions and below average 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 30 June 2025 
• early withdrawals if the deposit was made before the Ministerial announcement on 27 February 2025. 

More information is available on this page. 

2025 March - Drought conditions in Taranaki region

The discretionary relief for farmers and growers is in addition to our available standard support. 

Tax relief for emergency events