A-Z benefits
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Accommodation Supplement - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps people with their rent, board or the cost of owning a home.
Advance Payment of Benefit - Work and Income
If you are getting a benefit and have an immediate need for something essential you may be able to get an advance payment of your benefit.
Away from Home Allowance - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps carers with the living costs for 16 or 17 year olds who are living away from home while on a tertiary or training course.
B
Business Training and Advice Grant - Work and Income
A grant which helps people getting government assistance who want to start up their own business.
C
Car Modification Funding - Work and Income
A payment which helps people who have a serious disability with the cost of buying or modifying a car.
Child Disability Allowance - Work and Income
A fortnightly payment made to the main carer of a child or young person with a serious disability.
Childcare Subsidy - Work and Income
A payment that helps families with the cost of pre-school childcare.
Civil Defence Payment - Work and Income
A payment for people who have been evacuated due to a civil defence emergency to help with the costs for accommodation food, bedding and clothing.
Civilian Amputee Assistance - Work and Income
Help for amputees, or those born without a limb(s), with travel and/or accommodation costs if they need to go to an Artificial Limb Centre.
Community Costs - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps people in a short-term residential treatment programme meet their essential ongoing costs in the community.
Community Services Card - Work and Income
The Community Services Card can help you and your family with the costs of health care.
Course Participation Assistance - Work and Income
Help for people who are attending short-term employment-related training courses (normally less than 12 weeks).
D
Disability Allowance - Work and Income
A weekly payment for people who have regular, ongoing costs because of a disability, such as visits to the doctor or hospital, medicines, extra clothing or travel.
Domestic Purposes Benefit - Care of Sick or Infirm - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps people who are caring for someone at home who needs full-time care.
Domestic Purposes Benefit - Sole Parent - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps sole parents with one or more dependent children.
Domestic Purposes Benefit - Women Alone - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps women over 50 who have lost the support of their partner or finished caring for a child or sick relative.
E
Early Learning Payment - Work and Income
A payment which with the costs of Early Childhood Education for children aged 18 months to three years who are from families enrolled in selected Family Start or Early Start Programmes.
Employment Transition Grant - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps some people who have completed an Invalids Benefit employment trial.
Enterprise Allowance - Work and Income
An allowance which helps people getting government assistance who want to start up their own business.
F
Our Find a Job service is a free online job listing service that helps you find staff or look for work.
Funeral Grant - Work and Income
Help with some of the funeral costs of someone close to you who has died.
H
Heartland Services - Work and Income
Heartland Services are ‘one-stop shops’ where rural New Zealanders can access a range of Government and other related services.
A payment which helps carers or parents with things like laundry, housework, cooking, childcare or parenting skills.
House Modification Funding - Work and Income
A payment which helps someone pay for changes to their home because they or their child have a disability.
I
Independent Youth Benefit - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps 16 and 17 year-olds who can't live with their parents and are not supported by them or anyone else.
Invalid's Benefit - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps people who are severely limited in how much work they can do.
J
A payment which makes it easier for disabled people or people with ill health to get work or stay in work.
L
Limited Service Volunteer (LSV) - Work and Income
A six-week motivational course run by the New Zealand Defence Force.
Live Organ Donor Assistance - Work and Income
A payment which helps people who are donating a kidney or liver tissue for transplant within New Zealand with loss of income and/or childcare costs.
Living Alone Payment - Work and Income
An ongoing extra payment on top of your NZ Superannuation or Veteran’s Pension, when you maintain a household on your own.
M
Mobile services - Work and Income
Services which are offered when it is easier or necessary for clients to receive service in their home or community.
Modification Grant - Work and Income
A payment which helps people with disabilities pay for workplace changes or equipment that makes it easier for them to stay in or get work.
N
New Employment Transition Grant - Work and Income
A payment which helps people who are no longer on a benefit and who can't work because of sickness or a breakdown in childcare arrangements.
New Zealand Superannuation - Work and Income
A fortnightly payment for people aged 65 and over.
O
Orphan's Benefit - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps carers supporting a child or young person whose parents have died or can't be found, or cant look after them because they have a long-term illness or incapacity.
Out of School Care and Recreation (OSCAR) Subsidy - Work and Income
A payment which helps families with the costs of before- and after-school programmes, and school holiday programmes.
Outreach services - Work and Income
Organisations such as Work and Income and Housing New Zealand visit remote communities together, once or twice a month, to provide face-to-face contact.
P
Pathways to Arts and Cultural Employment (PACE) - Work and Income
Resources to help you look for work in the arts and cultural sector.
Payment Card - Work and Income
How to use your new Payment Card if you have been approved a special needs grant for grocery items.
R
ReStart is a package of payments and employment and job services to help if you've recently been made redundant from full-time work.
Recoverable Assistance Payment Grant - Work and Income
A payment which helps people pay for something they need urgently when they have no other way of paying for it.
Residential Care Loan - Work and Income
Many people going into residential care want to keep their home.
Residential Care Subsidy - Work and Income
If you need long-term residential care in a hospital or rest home, you may be able to get a Residential Care Subsidy from the Ministry of Health.
Residential Support Subsidy - Work and Income
A payment which helps a person with a physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disability (including drug and alcohol rehabilitation) who needs residential care as a result.
Rural Assistance Payments - Work and Income
A payment to meet the essential living expenses of farming families affected by an adverse event such as a flood, drought or other natural disaster.
S
Seasonal Work Assistance - Work and Income
Seasonal Work Assistance helps seasonal workers who are no longer getting a benefit and have lost wages because of work missed due to bad weather.
Self Start is a grant that helps disabled people or people with ill health become self-employed.
Sickness Benefit - Work and Income
Sickness Benefit is a weekly payment which helps people who arent currently working, or are working less hours, because they are sick, injured, disabled or pregnant.
Social Rehabilitation Assistance - Work and Income
Social Rehabilitation Assistance is a payment which helps people who are in a residential social rehabilitation programme and their benefit isn’t enough to meet the fees.
Special Disability Allowance - Work and Income
A weekly payment for people who have a spouse or partner who is in a hospital or rest home (for at least 13 weeks) or who is getting a Residential Care Subsidy.
Special Needs Grant - Work and Income
A payment which helps people in certain circumstances to pay for something when they have no other way of paying for it.
Special Needs Grant International Custody Dispute Payment - Work and Income
A weekly payment for parents with limited financial support who are involved in an international custody or access dispute over the care of their children.
Support for youth - Work and Income
We offer a number of services for young people to help them find or stay in a job or improve their skills through education, training, work, or other related activities.
Surviving Spouse or Partner Pension - Work and Income
A fortnightly payment for people whose spouse or partner has died from disabilities caused by a war or other emergency they served in.
T
Taskforce Green - Work and Income
If you want to develop work habits and general on-the-job skills for work you might want to think about taking part in a Taskforce Green project.
Temporary Additional Support - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps someone who can't meet their essential living costs from what they earn or from other sources.
Trade Me Jobs Emails - Work and Income
Work and Income send out emails containing the latest job listings from the Trade Me website. They are sent to certain people who are registered with us and are looking for work.
Training Incentive Allowance - Work and Income
An allowance which helps people with some employment-related training costs.
Training Support - Work and Income
Training Support is a payment which helps disabled people or people with ill health attend training or other activities that make it easier for them to get work or stay in work.
Transition to Work Grant - Work and Income
A payment which helps people with the costs of moving into a job.
U
Unemployment Benefit - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps people who are looking for work or training for work.
Unsupported Child's Benefit - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps carers supporting a child or young person whose parents can't care for them because of a family breakdown.
V
Veteran's Pension - Work and Income
A fortnightly payment for veterans who have served in a war or other emergency, and have a disability.
Voluntary Work - Work and Income
Voluntary work is great way to get work experience, learn new skills and help a community.
W
War Disablement Pension - Work and Income
A fortnightly payment for people who have a disability caused by a war or other emergency they served in.
War allowances and grants - Work and Income
Special allowances and grants for veterans and their relatives.
Widow's Benefit - Work and Income
A weekly payment which helps women whose husbands or partners have died.
Work Experience - Work and Income
If you want to develop your work skills, increase your self-confidence or find out what you might be good at, you might want to consider Work Experience.
Working for Families - Work and Income
A package designed to make it easier to work and raise a family.
Y
Young Parent Childcare Payment - Work and Income
A payment which helps parents aged under 18 years old in secondary school pay early childcare costs for their children.
Youth Transition Services - Work and Income
Youth Transition Services (YTS) is a free service for people aged 15 to 19 which assists them into further education, training, work or other meaningful activities.