COVID-19 Information for West Auckland Businesses

Support for West Auckland Businesses
COVID-19 Support Payments
Three fortnightly COVID-19 Support Payments (CSP) are available. Applications close on 5 May 2022.
The periods covered by these payments are as follow:
- First CSP – 16 February 2022 to 4 April 2022
- Second CSP – 7 March 2022 to 4 April 2022
- Third CSP – 21 March 2022 to 4 April 2022.
The CSP is a payment to help support viable and ongoing businesses or organisations which experienced a 40% or more drop in revenue as a result of 1 or more of the following COVID-19 circumstances:
- the widespread presence of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community
- the public health legislative measures taken in order to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the New Zealand community
- any business circumstances that are, or are reasonably likely to be, a consequence of the circumstances described above.
The COVID-19 circumstances include but are not limited to:
- businesses not being able to operate to usual levels due to staff having to self-isolate
- businesses impacted by New Zealand based supply chain disruptions
- lower retail and recreation movements in a region (for example in a CBD) due to customers working from home or self-isolating.
They do not include circumstances where businesses, which were able to operate under the Red setting of the COVID Protection Framework, but had chosen to close temporarily without taking all reasonably practical steps to minimise their revenue losses. Additionally, they also do not include business circumstances that are a result of any border restrictions imposed or any overseas related impacts of COVID-19 such as global supply change issues, lack of overseas travellers or customers.
Eligibility checks
Applicants will not be eligible for the CSP where they:
- have not taken all reasonably practical steps to minimise revenue losses
- are a regulated business or service under the Covid Protection Framework and were not complying with the COVID-19 Vaccine Certificate requirements (where applicable).
- are a self-employed individual that has received, has an application pending for, or is going to apply for or receive in future, funding under the Cultural Sector Emergency Relief Fund: Grant for Self-Employed Individuals administered by Manatū Taonga – Ministry for Culture and Heritage (this only relates to the first CSP and not the second or third CSPs).
COVID-19 Support Payment calculator
Use this calculator to estimate the amount of COVID-19 Support Payment you may be entitled to if you meet the eligibility criteria.
