Notice Type
Departmental
Notice Title

Approval for Rural Assistance for Drought-affected Areas Under the Special Needs Grants Programme

Under clauses 18.2 and 18.6 of the Special Needs Grants Programme, as established and approved on 18 December 1998* under section 124(1)(d) of the Social Security Act 1964 (the programme), I give my approval for Part 6 of the programme to apply as follows:
Rural Assistance - Farmers
1. Farmers in the affected areas whose land-based industries are directly affected by the Summer 2011 drought are eligible to be considered for financial assistance under Part 6 of the programme.
2. In relation to those farmers, Part 6 of the programme applies for the applicable period, unless further extended by the Minister.
3. In this approval:
affected areas means:
(a) the districts of the territorial authorities specified
in Schedule 1 (being districts that the Minister of Agriculture has declared, before the date of this approval, are affected by the Summer 2011 drought);
(b) the district of any territorial authority specified in Schedule 2 that the Minister of Agriculture declares, by notice to the public given after the date of this approval, is affected by the Summer 2011 drought.
applicable period means:
(a) in relation to the districts referred to in Schedule 1, the period beginning on 1 January 2011 and ending on the close of 31 March 2011;
(b) in relation to a district referred to in Schedule 2, the period:
(i) beginning on the later of 1 January 2011 and
the date the Minister of Agriculture declares the district is affected by the Summer 2011 drought; and
(ii) ending on the close of 31 March 2011.
Summer 2011 drought means the medium scale adverse event due to lack of rainfall in the latter part of 2010.
Schedule 1
Clause 3
Territorial Authorities
Auckland Council
Far North District Council
Hamilton City Council
Hauraki District Council
Kaipara District Council
Matamata-Piako District Council
Otorohanga District Council
Rotorua District Council
Ruapehu District Council
South Waikato District Council
Taupo District Council
Thames-Coromandel District Council
Waikato District Council
Waipa District Council
Waitomo District Council
Whangarei District Council
Schedule 2
Clause 3
Territorial Authorities
Ashburton District Council
Carterton District Council
Christchurch District Council
Horowhenua District Council
Hurunui District Council
Kaikoura District Council
Kapiti Coast District Council
Kawerau District Council
Manawatu District Council
Marlborough District Council
Masterton District Council
McKenzie District Council
Nelson City Council
New Plymouth District Council
Opotiki District Council
Palmerston North District Council
Rangitikei District Council
Rotorua District Council
Selwyn District Council
South Taranaki District Council
South Wairarapa District Council
Stratford District Council
Tararua District Council
Tasman District Council
Tauranga City Council
Timaru District Council
Waimakariri District Council
Waimate District Council
Wanganui District Council
Western Bay of Plenty District Council
Whakatane District Council
Dated this 16th day of December 2010.
HON PAULA BENNETT, Minister for Social Development and Employment.
*New Zealand Gazette, 28 January 1999, No. 8, page 202