Brooke van Velden directs Internal Affairs to explore new FENZ funding model

Fire And Emergency Funding System Evaluation

The Department of Internal Affairs will engage with targeted stakeholders and consider any problems with the current system and alternative approaches, taking into account feasibility of implementation.

Brooke van Velden directs Internal Affairs to explore new FENZ funding model

Fire and Emergency is mainly funded by a levy taken from insurance premiums, but Brooke van Velden questions whether that is the right avenue.

Feds questions value of rising FENZ levies

Reading Time: 3 minutes Federated Farmers is calling for a review of Fire and Emergency New Zealand, with rising levy costs and declining rural services raising serious questions about its performance.   It’s been nearly a decade since 40 urban and rural firefighting organisations were merged to form FENZ in a move to improve efficiencies.    But farmers are increasingly asking whether those promised gains have materialised.  “When FENZ was form…