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Benefits and payments homepage
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Overview
Take a look at the range of benefits and payments we have available.
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Not working
Redundancy, health condition or disability or another reason you can’t work
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Living expenses
Food, school costs, power, accommodation or other living expenses you need help with
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Relationship changes
You’ve had a relationship break-up, family breakdown or violent relationship end
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Health and Disability
Counselling, prescription and GP costs, medical alarms and other costs we can help with
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Seniors
Travelling overseas, how to apply, payment rates and dates, overseas pensions, income and other info for Seniors
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Caring
Caring for someone else’s child or someone with a health condition, injury or disability
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Urgent or unexpected costs
Dental, glasses, car repairs, fridge, washing machine, funeral or other urgent costs you need help with
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Children
Childcare, school uniforms, stationery, having a baby and other costs if you have children
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Payment issues
Fixing issues with Accommodation Supplement, Special Benefit and other payments we’ve made
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16-19 year olds
Education, training, work and benefit help for 16-19 year olds
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Benefits and forms
A-Z list of benefits, forms, benefit rates
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Work homepage
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Overview
Find out what services we can offer to help you find work and when you start a new job.
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Looking for work
We have jobs available now in various industries and you can search on our job websites.
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Help with your job search
From advice on making a plan, to tips on where to look and following up leads.
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Training and experience
Our programmes can help you get ready for work with training and work experience.
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Apprenticeship Support Programme
Get help to retain and bring on new apprentices.
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CVs and cover letters
We’ve got great templates and advice for writing your CV or cover letter, and filling out job applications.
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Help with work costs
Get help to pay for the things you need to start work
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Job support and advice
Get all the support and advice you need to stay in work.
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Health and disability
If you want to work, we can support you to find the right job for you.
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Start your own business
We can help you get your business up and running.
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Job interviews
Get advice about how to prepare for and deliver a great interview.
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Help for 16-19 year olds
We’ve got extra support for young people to get ready for work and find a job.
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On a benefit homepage
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Overview
Check out what you need to do when you're getting a benefit or other payment from us.
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Something's changed
Address, contact details, overseas travel, childcare, relationship or anything else that’s changed.
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Income
Declare income, wages deduction calculator and tables
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Childcare
Change in your childcare situation, continue childcare payments, cohort entry schools and other childcare information
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Re-apply
Re-apply for Jobseeker Support, Sole Parent Support, Temporary Additional Support and more
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Payments
Check or stop your payments, payment cards and other information
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Debt
Check your debt, repayments and other debt information
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Rights and responsibilities
Our commitment to you, obligations, complaints, benefit fraud and more
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Housing homepage
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Overview
Find out how we can help you with housing.
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Nowhere to stay
Get help if you have nowhere to stay right now.
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Find a house
Find out where to look for private housing, or apply for public (social) housing.
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Living in your home
Get help with accommodation costs, and advice on any housing issues and public housing tenancies.
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Move house
Find out how we can help if you’re moving house.
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Bay of Plenty
Our services centres in Bay of Plenty, with their postal addresses.
Details of our service centres
Street address:
2 Tebbs Lane (off Courtney Road)
Gate Pa
Tauranga 3112
Postal address:
PO Box 9214
Greerton 3142
Street address:
Tarawera Mall
Plunket Street
Postal address:
PO Box 95
Kawerau 3169
Street address:
9 Owens Place
Bayfair
Postal address:
PO Box 10238
Bayfair
Mount Maunganui 3152
Street address:
41 Pine Drive
Postal address:
Private Bag 3016
Rotorua 3046
Street address:
93 Church Street
Postal address:
PO Box 347
Ōpōtiki 3162
Street address:
Ground floor
1207 Pukuatua Street
Rotorua 3010
Postal address:
Private Bag 3016
Rotorua 3046
Street address:
77 Heuheu Street
Postal address:
PO Box 1241
Taupo 3351
Street address:
Corner Durham Street and Springs Street
Postal address:
Private Bag 12004
Tauranga 3143
Street address:
99 Jellicoe Street
Postal address:
PO Box 246
Te Puke 3153
We are working at 227 Mannering Street while our service centre is temporarily closed.
Street address:
8-10 Torphin Crescent
Postal address:
Private Bag
Tokoroa 3444
Street address:
69 Ohuanga Road
Postal address:
PO Box 305
Turangi 3353
Street address:
24 Pyne Street
Postal address:
Private Bag 1004
Whakatāne 3158