New Zealand ShakeOut Prizes Ngā paraihe ShakeOut o Aotearoa

Competition period

• The competition runs from 2 June 2026 – 4 November 2026.
• Registrations for New Zealand ShakeOut 2026 open on 2 June 2026 and close on 4 November 2026. Registrations after 4 November 2026 will not be eligible for the prize draws.

Prize draw entry

• To enter the prize draw, each entrant must:
  • sign up for New Zealand ShakeOut 2026 before 4 November 2026
  • choose a Region,
  • choose a Registration Group, and
  • agree to go in the draw to win a prize.
• You may only submit one Entry during the Competition Period and each entrant can only win one prize.
• You are responsible for ensuring that any information provided as part of an Entry is complete and correct. Incomplete, incorrect, indecipherable, illegible or late entries will be invalid.
• The National Emergency Management Agency reserves the right, at any time, to verify the validity of Entries and entrants, and to disqualify any entrant who submits an Entry that is not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions or who tampers with the entry process. Failure by the National Emergency Management Agency to enforce any of its rights at any stage does not constitute a waiver of those rights.
• By providing your personal information as part of your Entry, you consent to that information being shared with your local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group for the purpose of contacting you if you are a Winning Entry.
• The National Emergency Management Agency reserves the right, at any time, to add additional ad-hoc prizes during the Competition Period.

Prize draw

The regional Prize Draw will take place on 9 November 2026.

Entrants much select a Region to be eligible. The regional Prize Draws are defined by the following regions:

• Northland
• Auckland
• Waikato
• Bay of Plenty
• Tairāwhiti
• Taranaki
• Manawatū – Whanganui
• Hawke's Bay
• Wellington
• Nelson – Tasman
• Marlborough
• West Coast
• Canterbury and the Chatham Islands
• Otago
• Southland 

The National Emergency Management Agency will use its best endeavours to contact each winner as soon as possible by using the contact details provided supplied in each Winning Entry within 5 business days from the Prize Draw. 

If a prize is being delivered by a local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group, the National Emergency Management Agency will pass on the contact details supplied in each Winning Entry to the relevant Civil Defence Emergency Management Group. The Civil Defence Emergency Management Group will use their best endeavours to contact each winner as soon as possible by using the contact details supplied in each Winning Entry within 5 business days from the Prize Draw.

If the National Emergency Management Agenncy or local Civil Defence Emergency Management Group cannot contact any winner to arrange the delivery of the prize within a reasonable timeframe, they may redraw for the relevant prize.

Winners will be announced on this webpage.

All decisions regarding this Competition by NEMA will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.

General

Personal information collected by New Zealand ShakeOut for the purposes of the Competition will only be used in connection with this Competition or as otherwise set out in these Terms and Conditions.

You have the right to ask for a copy of any personal information we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong or ask for it to be deleted from our records. 

If you are a prize winner, you agree to participate in publicity organised by the National Emergency Management Agency and you also agree to the use of your first name and school for publicity and promotional purposes for a period of up to three years in any media, without compensation. This includes, but is not limited to, social media and event websites and media releases in connection with the Competition.

The National Emergency Management Agency reserves the right to terminate, suspend or modify the Competition in response to technical failures, fraud or any other factors out of the reasonable control of the National Emergency Management Agency. Any such updates will be displayed on the this website.