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Has there been a programme called the EQC Overcap Pathway Programme (EOPP); if so is it still accepting and processing claims; if not when did it cease accepting claims?

Answered Question 17373 (2026)
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Duncan Webb

Member for Christchurch Central · Labour Party

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  • Has there been a programme called the EQC Overcap Pathway Programme (EOPP); if so is it still accepting and processing claims; if not when did it cease accepting claims?

Answered by

Hon Nicola Willis

List MP · National Party · Minister of Finance

Answer

I am advised that the Natural Hazards Commission (NHC) has never administered a programme known as the “EQC Overcap Pathway Programme (EOPP)”. I understand any internal use by NHC of a term such as “EOPP” was for internal, operational ease only.