January 2026 Extreme Weather Event

Tauranga City Council has established a Mayoral Relief Fund to provide timely financial assistance to families, residents, and businesses experiencing urgent, unmet needs following the recent severe weather events across Tauranga.

The fund also acts as a flexible, locally administered mechanism to support immediate recovery where existing support may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable.

Please complete all sections of the application form.

A red asterisk indicates a question is compulsory. 

If you have any questions please contact Grant Enquiries

I confirm that ...

• I have read and understand the guidelines.
• I am able to demonstrate financial hardship as a consequence of the January 2026 Extreme Weather Event.

The following criteria apply for business applicants:

• I can demonstrate significant financial hardship attributable to the January 2026 Extreme Weather Event
• My business was viable before the event and can recover successfully
• I agree that funding must be used or committed before the end of the financial year and I agree to comply with the above terms and conditions of funding. 

Tauranga City Council (Council) is collecting information from you as part of this application, some of this information may be personal information. This includes your name, contact details, role, organisation info, bank account details and may include application responses or supporting information (including reporting). Your information and any supporting documents may be used to assess and process this application, verify information you have provided, administer and manage this grant, contact or notify you about any matter relevant to the grant and/or application (including monitoring and compliance of the grant funding terms and conditions), and to update you from time to time about our grant programmes.

This application contains some fields that are mandatory, if you do not provide us with this information, we will be unable to process your application. We will not share your personal information with any other organisation or individual unless they are our contractor or other relevant 3rd party and disclosure is necessary for the specified purposes above.

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, and to ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong. If you would like a copy of your information, or to have it corrected, please contact us at info@tauranga.govt.nz, or 07 577 7000. For further information about how Council will handle your personal information, please refer to Tauranga City Council’s Online Grant Privacy Statement.