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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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Lottery prize money or gambling winnings
You don’t need to tell us if you have one-off lottery or gambling winnings unless you may get income from them. If you get Accommodation Support, Temporary Additional Support or Special Benefit, you do need to tell us.
What are one-off winnings?
One-off winnings are money you win once through gambling. These include winnings you get from Lotto or any other lotteries, pokie machines and TAB.
How it affects your benefit and allowances
You only need to tell us about any money you win if you:
- get Accommodation Supplement, Temporary Additional Support or Special Benefit
- expect to earn income from the winnings
If you give some of the money away to family as a gift, this could affect your benefit.
Income from your lottery or gambling winnings
If you invest or save the money you have won, any interest, dividends or rent you get is counted as income.
You must tell us about it if you or your partner get an income-tested payment. Examples of income-tested payments are benefits or NZ Super or Veterans Pension with a Non-qualified Spouse.
Example
A client wins $10,000 on the lottery. They use half of the money to pay off their credit card. They put the $5,000 they have left into a high-interest bank account. They have to tell us about any money in interest they get from the bank account.
If you have any questions about how your winnings may affect your payments from us, please call us.
Contact
If you need more information or want to discuss this in more detail contact us.