Welcome to our fortnightly categorisation programme update.
Overall, 3516 property owners have registered for the categorisation scheme which is now closed, and we are no longer accepting new homeowners into the programme. The Recovery Office remains open and will continue to guiding registered homeowners through the process, alongside delivering related services including the Navigation Service.
We are now over 73% of the way through delivering categorisations, having confirmed final property categories for 2550 homes. Of these, 893 are classed as Category 3 and eligible for a buy-out and 107 are eligible for construction grants to reduce the risk at their home (as of 7 November). This has been supported by a huge effort from our technical and engineering teams having completed over 3315 desktop assessments and 2380 site assessments.
687 Category 3 homeowners have received or accepted a buy-out valuation, and 341 properties had completed their sale and purchase agreements (1 November). With each situation being unique, we are working as flexibly as we can to support homeowners to make their decisions - while remaining fair across the programme.
Most of homeowners still waiting for a category had registered for the programme more recently. However some homeowners that have been waiting for some time have more complicated situations, including the need to understand if a community or property mitigation will reduce the risk at their home to a reasonable level.
An ongoing note on the complexity of categorisation
Many properties have proven more complex to categorise for several reasons:
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There is an intolerable risk to life, but we need to assess the feasibility of a mitigation at the property. Examples include retaining walls, house raising or moving, altering fences and other structures blocking overland flow paths, or changes to driveways or landscaping
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There is an intolerable risk to life, but we have been waiting on confirmation of a community infrastructure project that could reduce this risk for whole neighbourhoods. Examples include redirecting overland flow paths, making more space for water to flow and pool, stopbanks, and upgrading culverts and roads. These projects are being scoped looking at feasibility of timelines, practicality, costs and impacts
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There are both flooding and landslip issues at the property
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Recent work at neighbouring properties, or the shifting of land, have changed the risk profile since we started.
See key categorisation and buyout figures below.
Categorisation progress (at 1 November 2024)
| Initial Impacted properties | Registered for categorisation | Completed desktop assessments | Completed site assessments |
| 7389 | 3515 | 3315 | 2380 |
Note: Not every home will need a site assessment, but some may need more than one
Category 3 buy-out progress (at 1 November 2024)
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Valuations provided |
Buy-out offers accepted |
Buy-outs completed |
|
687 |
442 |
341 |
Categories confirmed (at 7 November 2024)
| Category 1 | Category 2C | Category 2P | Category 3 | Ineligible or withdrawn* | Total |
| 1548 | 2 | 107 | 893 | 22 | 2572 |
*A small number of properties that have registered for the programme are ineligible, including those with vacant land, commercial/non-residential properties, or properties owned by public service providers. The programme is focused on addressing risk to life in residential situations.
Categories by suburb (at 7 November 2024)
| Suburb | Opted In | Category 1 | Category 2C | Category 2P | Category 3 | Ineligible | Total Final Category |
| Ahuroa | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Albany | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Albany Heights | 8 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Araparera | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ararimu Valley | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Arkles Bay | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Army Bay | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||
| Auckland Central | 11 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Avondale | 24 | 16 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Baddeleys Beach | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Balmoral | 17 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Bayswater | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Bayview | 15 | 11 | 1 | 12 | |||
| Beach Haven | 41 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 30 | ||
| Bethells | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Birkdale | 17 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Birkenhead | 40 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 30 | ||
| Blockhouse Bay | 65 | 27 | 26 | 53 | |||
| Bombay | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Bon Accord | 1 | ||||||
| Botany Downs | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Browns Bay | 50 | 16 | 10 | 26 | |||
| Bucklands Beach | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Campbells Bay | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Castor Bay | 15 | 9 | 4 | 13 | |||
| Chatswood | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Clarks Beach | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Clendon Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Clevedon | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Clover Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Coatesville | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Cornwallis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Dairy Flat | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Devonport | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||||
| Drury | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| East Tamaki | 18 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Eden Terrace | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Ellerslie | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Epsom | 120 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 96 | ||
| Fairview Heights | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Favona | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Flat Bush | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Forrest Hill | 22 | 8 | 6 | 14 | |||
| Freemans Bay | 28 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Glen Eden | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 | ||
| Glenbrook | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Glendene | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Glendowie | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Glenfield | 32 | 17 | 3 | 20 | |||
| Glenvar | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Green Bay | 21 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Greenhithe | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Greenlane | 37 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 28 | ||
| Grey Lynn | 42 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 35 | ||
| Hatfields Beach | 4 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Hauraki | 5 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Helensville | 14 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Henderson | 110 | 30 | 58 | 88 | |||
| Henderson Valley | 19 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 18 | ||
| Herald Island | 1 | ||||||
| Herne Bay | 16 | 13 | 1 | 14 | |||
| Hill Park | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Hillcrest | 18 | 9 | 3 | 12 | |||
| Hillsborough | 74 | 53 | 2 | 9 | 64 | ||
| Hobbs Bay | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Howick | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Huapai | 38 | 21 | 10 | 31 | |||
| Huia | 1 | ||||||
| Kaipara Hills | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kakanui | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Karekare | 59 | 39 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 59 | |
| Kaukapakapa | 17 | 6 | 5 | 11 | |||
| Kawakawa Bay | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kelston | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kingsland | 2 | ||||||
| Kiwitahi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Kohimarama | 1 | ||||||
| Komokoriki | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Kumeu | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Laingholm | 24 | 15 | 2 | 17 | |||
| Long Bay | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Lucas Heights | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Lynfield | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| Mahurangi West | 1 | ||||||
| Mairangi Bay | 3 | ||||||
| Makarau | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Mangakura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mangere | 114 | 19 | 9 | 28 | |||
| Mangere Bridge | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Mangere East | 46 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 | ||
| Manly | 4 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Manukau Central | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Manurewa | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Massey | 72 | 27 | 30 | 57 | |||
| Matakatia | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Meadowbank | 1 | ||||||
| Milford | 213 | 29 | 2 | 83 | 114 | ||
| Mission Bay | 2 | ||||||
| Mount Albert | 32 | 8 | 5 | 13 | |||
| Mount Eden | 106 | 30 | 3 | 54 | 87 | ||
| Mount Rex | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Mount Roskill | 176 | 77 | 5 | 44 | 126 | ||
| Mount Wellington | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Muriwai Beach | 240 | 162 | 5 | 68 | 9 | 244 | |
| Murrays Bay | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Narrow Neck | 1 | ||||||
| New Lynn | 15 | 4 | 5 | 9 | |||
| New Windsor | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| North Cove | 1 | ||||||
| Northcote | 29 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Northcote Point | 52 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 33 | ||
| Northcross | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Northpark | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Okura | 1 | ||||||
| One Tree Hill | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Onehunga | 30 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Orakei | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oratia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |||
| Orere Point | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Orewa | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Otahuhu | 2 | ||||||
| Otara | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Oteha | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Owairaka | 33 | 7 | 12 | 19 | |||
| Pakuranga | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pakuranga Heights | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| PAPAKURA | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Papatoetoe | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Parakai | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Parau | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paremoremo | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Parnell | 35 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 32 | |
| Patumahoe | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Penrose | 2 | ||||||
| Piha | 118 | 74 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 119 | |
| Pine Valley | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pinehill | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Pohuehue | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Point Chevalier | 20 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| Ponsonby | 20 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 | ||
| Puhoi | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Pukekohe | 43 | 13 | 1 | 20 | 34 | ||
| Punganui | 1 | ||||||
| Ranui | 68 | 13 | 1 | 45 | 59 | ||
| Red Beach | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Redvale | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Remuera | 45 | 28 | 1 | 7 | 36 | ||
| Riverhead | 13 | 5 | 4 | 9 | |||
| Rothesay Bay | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Royal Oak | 32 | 3 | 17 | 20 | |||
| Sandringham | 52 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 21 | ||
| Schnapper Rock | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Scotts Landing | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shelly Beach | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Shelly Park | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Snells Beach | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ST HELIERS | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| St Johns | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| St Lukes | 7 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Stanley Point | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | |||
| Stanmore Bay | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||
| Stillwater | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Sunnynook | 19 | 2 | 5 | 7 | |||
| Sunnyvale | 15 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Swanson | 81 | 26 | 2 | 41 | 69 | ||
| Tahekeroa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Takapuna | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Tapora | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Taupaki | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Te Arai Point | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Te Atatu Peninsula | 11 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Te Atatu South | 28 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 | ||
| Te Henga | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Te Papapa | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Three Kings | 19 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 13 | ||
| Titirangi | 106 | 60 | 5 | 23 | 88 | ||
| Torbay | 26 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 16 | ||
| Totara Vale | 21 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 18 | ||
| Unsworth Heights | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Upper Waiwera | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Wade Heads | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Waiake | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Waiatarua | 24 | 14 | 8 | 22 | |||
| Waiheke Island | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Waikowhai | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | ||
| Waimauku | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Waioneke | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Wairau Valley | 12 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Waitakere | 15 | 11 | 3 | 14 | |||
| Waitoki | 1 | ||||||
| Waiuku | 22 | 16 | 2 | 18 | |||
| Warkworth | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Waterview | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||
| Wellsford | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| West Harbour | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Western Springs | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Westmere | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Weymouth | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Whangaripo | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Whenuapai | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Windsor Park | 1 | ||||||
| Woodcocks | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 3,516 | 1,548 | 2 | 107 | 893 | 22 | 2,572 |
