Social Welfare and Support
Accommodation
- Accommodation supplement
- Find out about assistance with accommodation costs and levels of payment. You do not have to be on a benefit to be eligible for an accommodation supplement.
- http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-assistance/extra-help/accommodation-supplement.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
Disability & illness
- Disability assistance
- Get reimbursement for costs if you have a disability, or an allowance if you care for a disabled child.
- http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-assistance/extra-help/disability-child-allowance.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
- Invalid's benefit
- Payment rates, criteria and answers to questions about payments to people who cannot work because of permanent sickness, injury or disability.
- http://www.winz.govt.nz/get-assistance/main-benefit/invalids.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
- Sickness benefit
- Income support for people who cannot work temporarily because of illness, injury, disability or pregnancy.
- http://www.winz.govt.nz/get-assistance/main-benefit/sickness.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
Families
- Child support
- All about child support payments for people paying, those receiving payments, and employers.
- http://www.ird.govt.nz/childsupport/cs-index.html
- Source: Inland Revenue Department (NZ Govt)
- Family assistance
- All about the Working for Families tax credits.
- http://www.ird.govt.nz/familyassistance/
- Source: Inland Revenue Department (NZ Govt)
- Working for Families
- Find out if you are entitled to payments made to families with children, how to apply and what you will receive.
- http://www.workingforfamilies.govt.nz/
- Source: Inland Revenue Department (NZ Govt)
- Domestic purposes and widows benefit
- Financial support for solo parents, caregivers of sick or infirm people, or women alone over 50 years old.
- http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/get-assistance/main-benefit/domestic-purposes-widows.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
- Superannuation
- All about New Zealand super - who qualifies, how much is paid, tax, and thoughts on what will happen in the future.
- http://www.sorted.govt.nz/home/sorted-sections/retirement/new-zealand-superannuation
- Source: Retirement Commissioner (NZ Govt)
Education
- Student financial assistance
- Find out about allowances, scholarships and loans for study.
- http://www.studylink.govt.nz/financial-assistance/financial-assistance.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
- Student allowance
- Apply online for a student allowance and find out how to qualify and what you can get to support your study.
- http://www.studylink.govt.nz/thinking-about-study/what-studylink-offers/student-allowance/index.html
- Source: Ministry of Social Development (NZ Govt)
