Fire and Emergency levy for 2026-2029

Fire and Emergency is funded almost entirely through levies on eligible insurance policies.

New Zealanders have been funding their fire services through levies paid on insurance policies since the 1970s. We are now consulting on new levy arrangements and the activities we plan to undertake during the levy period.

The new levy will take effect on 1 July 2026. 

To support consultation on the levy arrangements for the period 1 July 2026 – 30 June 2029, a discussion document on our website sets out:

• the activities we propose to undertake over the levy period and the estimated costs of delivering these activities
• our proposed levy rates
• the assumptions we have made in estimating our costs and the steps involved calculating the proposed levy rates.

We welcome submissions from levy payers, insurance policy holders, their representatives and interested members of the public on our proposals to help inform the Government's decisions on the final levies for 2026-2029.