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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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Job Connect on Facebook
Find out how we can help you get ready to work, find work, and support available while you're working.
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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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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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Moving to New Zealand
Payments you can get from us, settling into NZ, overseas pensions and more.
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Benefits and forms
A-Z list of benefits, forms, benefit rates
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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 and income deduction 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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Going overseas
Going on holiday or going to live overseas
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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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Other languages
Read some of our housing information in other languages.
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What to provide when you apply for Community Services Card
When you apply for a Community Services Card, you need to prove who you are and that what you've told us is true.
You must provide original documents or certified true copies. If you can't get a document certified right now, we'll talk to you about alternative options.
If you have a partner they'll also have to provide these documents as well.
You need to provide 2 forms of identification. You'll need to provide either:
- 2 Government issued IDs
- One Government issued ID and one other document that proves your identity.
If you've had a benefit before, you don't need to provide this evidence.
Government issued ID
You'll need to provide 2 forms of Government issued ID. What you can provide depends on whether you were born in New Zealand or overseas.
Born in New Zealand
- Passport
- Birth Certificate (order a Birth Certificate online)
- Firearms or Driver Licence
- Marriage Certificate (order a Marriage Certificate online)
- Citizenship Certificate
- Residency Visa/Permit.
You must also provide full birth certificates for any children in your care.
Born overseas
Proof of your lawful residence in New Zealand e.g.
- New Zealand passport
- Other country passport with residence visa
- Citizenship certificate
You must also provide full birth certificates for any children in your care.
You will need to provide originals or certified copies of the identification for verification.
Other documents that prove your identity
If you can't provide 2 types of Government issued ID, you'll need to provide one Government issued ID and one of the following:
- Household accounts, eg:
- utility bills such as power and phone,
- documents from suppliers of goods and services such as hire purchase agreements or a tenancy agreements
- Other Government issued documents, eg:
- tax assessment
- rates notice
- car registration form
- licences
- birth or marriage certificate
- passport from another country
- Employment related documents, eg:
- a support letter from an employer (past or present)
- pay slips
- Bank/insurance company documents, eg:
- bank account statements
- mortgage papers
- insurance policy
- Health/education organisation documents, eg:
- student ID card
- school report
- school leaving certificate
- doctors bill
- degree or trade certificate
- Kiwi Access card (18+)
- Support letters from prominent community members, eg:
- Justice of the Peace
- Doctor
- kaumatua
- clergyman
- Women's Refuge co-ordinator.
Contact
Contact us if there's anything on the list you're not sure about, don't have or will have some delay in providing.