About 5700 applications had been received for the $300m programme. The deadline for applications to access the $300m fund closed at midnight on Wednesday. EQC's head of on-solds, Pip Andrews, told the Herald about 5700 applications had been received, with the final paper applications still being sorted through. "In the last week EQC received about 1500 applications ... it's been a big couple of weeks." New applications for the fund would not be received.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 15, 2020 19:18 UTC