Flooding – Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough

On 30 June 2025, Minister of Agriculture, Todd McClay, and Minister for Rural Communities, Mark Patterson, declared a medium scale adverse event for the Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough regions as a result of flooding. 

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 2025 income year up to 31 May 2026.
• Early withdrawals if the deposit was made prior to the Ministerial announcement on 30 June 2025.

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

2025 June - Flooding in Nelson, Tasman and Marlborough

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

Natural disasters, adverse and emergency events