Disabled or ill
We’ll support you while you’re not able to work and help you realise your work goals. When it’s right for you and your family, we can help you find part-time or full-time work, get training, or become self-employed.
Help with living expenses
If you’re not able to work, or are working fewer hours because you’re sick, injured, disabled or pregnant, we may be able to help you with living costs.
If you’re struggling to support yourself or your family, please contact us. We can often help.
Sickness Benefit
Assistance when you aren’t currently working, or are working less hours, because you’re sick, injured, disabled or pregnant.
Invalid’s Benefit
Assistance when you can’t work because of a more permanent sickness, injury or disability.
Live Organ Donor Assistance
A payment to compensate people for loss of income and/or childcare costs when they donate a kidney or liver tissue for transplant.
Help with medical and related costs
If you’re disabled or ill we may be able to help you with some medical or related costs.
Disability Allowance
An allowance which helps you with regular, ongoing costs because of a disability, such as visits to the doctor or hospital, medicines, extra clothing or travel.
Civilian amputee assistance
If you're an amputee, or were born without a limb(s), we may be able to help you with travel and/or accommodation costs if you need to go to an Artificial Limb Centre.
Community Services Card
A card that can help you and your family with the costs of health care. You'll pay less on some health services and prescriptions.
Websites that may help
Pharmaceutical Subsidy Card
If you or your family need a lot of prescriptions each year, this card can help with these costs.
High Use Health Card
If you don't have a Community Services Card and visit the doctor often, this card can help with the costs of after hours medical care or visits to a doctor who isn't your usual doctor.
Government support
Support services available for people living with an injury or disability.
Ministry of Health - District Health Boards
District Health Boards are responsible for providing, or funding the provision of, health and disability services in their district.
Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC)
ACC can help injured people with their treatment and support while they recover.
Help with housing expenses
We may be able to help you with the cost of accommodation, residential care, or making changes to your home. If you’re in a residential treatment programme we may be able to help you with some ongoing costs.
If you're struggling to support yourself or your family, please contact us. We can often help.
Accommodation Supplement
Help with your rent, board or the cost of owning a home.
Community Costs
If you're in a short-term residential treatment programme, we may be able to help you meet your costs in the community.
House Modification Funding
Funding for changes to your home because you or your child is disabled.
Residential Support Subsidy
A subsidy for residential care needed because of a physical, intellectual, or psychiatric disability (including drug and alcohol rehabilitation).
Websites that may help
Ministry of Health - Disability services
Support and services for disabled people, their families, whānau and carers and links to other support services for the disabled.
Enable NZ: Weka
Information and resources to help disabled people and their supporters.
Disability funding information
Information about Ministry of Health funding for people with disability related needs.
New Zealand Relay
How and where to get telecommunications relays for people who are deaf, or hearing or speech impaired.
Help with careers and finding a job
Work can improve your life and give you independence. When it's right for you and your family, we can help you find part-time or full-time work, get training, or become self-employed.
We can fund some car and workplace changes to help you achieve your employment goals.
If you'd like some career guidance, please contact us.
Looking for work
Help looking for work.
Regional programmes
Local programmes to help you find work.
Self Start
Assistance to help you become self-employed.
Modification Grant
Funding for workplace changes or equipment if you're disabled which make it easier for you to stay in or get work.
Car Modification Funding
Funding if you need to modify your car because you're disabled.
Employment Transition Assistance
If you've completed an Invalid's Benefit Employment Trial you may get an extra payment.
Websites that may help
Workbridge
A professional employment service for people with all types of disabilities and injuries.
Enable NZ: Weka
Information and resources to help disabled people and their supporters.
Transitions
Support and advice to anyone involved in guiding young people with special needs into work, training and other activities.
Contact us
Everyone's situation is different. We're here to help if you need it.
Contact us if you:
- would like assistance
- aren't sure if you can get assistance
- are struggling to support yourself or your family
- would like more information.