Emergency Recovery Fund - January 2026 event

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Emergency Recovery Fund application form

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Applicant details

Please tell us about who is applying.

If you are applying on behalf of your family or whanau, you can select Organisation and state your whanau name or apply as an individual on their behalf.

Response required.
Must be a New Zealand phone number. 
Must be an email address. This will be our main method of contact with you about this application.

Contact for organisation (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Applicant" on page 1

As you are applying on behalf of an organisation, business, family/whanau, or other entity, please provide your name and, if you have one, the New Zealand Business Number (NZBN) of the organisation.

Type of organisation * Required
Response required.
The NZBN provided will be used to look up the following information.
Click Lookup above to check that you have entered the NZBN correctly.
New Zealand Companies Register Information
NZBN
Entity Name
Registration Date
Entity Status
Entity Type
Registered Address
Office Address
Must be formatted correctly. 

Bank details

Please provide your bank account name and number. This should be in the same name as the applicant named above, or for whanau groups, in the name of the contact person.

You must also provide proof of bank account, such as a bank statement or screen shot from internet banking (showing both name and number).

Must be a valid New Zealand bank account format. 
Upload proof of bank account
Attach a file: Select stored file
    If you are unable to provide this now, your payment (if successful) may be delayed.

    Confirming who you are

    Please provide proof of name and address such as a bill or bank statement addressed to you and/or the organisation you are applying for.

    Upload proof of name and address
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      We need this to verify you are the named individual applying and signing for this form.