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Work homepage
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Overview
We can help you get ready to apply and find the right job for you. We can even help you while you're working.
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Get ready to work
You can get training, help with CVs and cover letters, and advice for job interviews.
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Find jobs
Find out what jobs are available, which job is best for you and how you can plan your career.
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Working
Whether you've just started a job or need some help at work, we've got your back.
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Lost your job
We'll help you get ready to find a new job and support you while you're between jobs.
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Start your own business
Get help to plan and set up a successful business or be a self-employed contractor.
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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
Travelling or moving overseas may affect your payments.
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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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Moving 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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Re-apply for Temporary Additional Support (TAS)
If you're getting Temporary Additional Support and you still need it after 13 weeks, you have to re-apply. You need to do this before your payment stops.
From 1 July 2023, child support you have to pay through Inland Revenue that's formula assessed can be included as an essential cost.
Who can re-apply
You can re-apply for Temporary Additional Support if you still meet the criteria
You must also have taken:
- all necessary steps to try and pay your expenses another way, eg
- if your circumstances have changed, use our 'Check what you might get' tool to see if there's any other payments you could get
- if you're working, check if you can get Working for Families payments from Inland Revenue
- reasonable steps to increase your income and reduce your costs, eg:
- getting budgeting advice
- stopping paid subscriptions, e.g. Netflix, Sky, Spotify
- looking for paid work or increasing your hours of work.
How to re-apply
You'll get a letter (with a re-application form), as well as a notification in MyMSD, at least 4 weeks before you need to re-apply for Temporary Additional Support.
You need to re-apply before your Temporary Additional Support stops. If you don't, we can only start it again from the date you re-apply. This may mean you have a gap in your payments.
Re-apply in MyMSD
To re-apply in MyMSD you need to:
- log in to MyMSD
- select re-apply
- complete the online form
- upload any documents, if required
- submit the online form.
If there's been a change to your partner or child details, you'll need to talk with us. MyMSD will let you know if you need to do this.
Can't use MyMSD
If you can't use MyMSD, you can either:
- call us and say "Temporary Additional Support" and we may be able to help you re-apply over the phone, or
- complete the re-application form we sent you and drop it off to your local service centre
We'll let you know if there are any documents you need to provide. You'll need to drop these off to your local service centre
What happens next
Once your online form has been processed, we'll send you a letter to let you know the outcome.