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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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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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loginBrochures
Providers can check if they've got the latest version of a Work and Income brochure or order some more.
How to order brochures
To order any of our brochures, email Service_Delivery_Communications@msd.govt.nz and tell us:
- the brochure code
- how many you would like
- the address to send them to.
If you order enough for about a month, you should always have the most up-to-date version.
These brochures are listed in alphabetical order of code.
Code |
Version |
Name |
What it's about |
| ALLA0002 | Apr 2022 | Help with childcare costs | Information about subsidy options for childcare assistance. |
| ALLA0005 | Apr 2022 | Community Service Card | Helping you with the costs of health care. |
| ALLA0010 | Jun 2021 | Are you moving overseas? | A guide to what happens with your benefit when you move overseas. |
| ALLA0011 | Oct 2019 | Relationships and income assistance | Things you need to know about relationships when getting income assistance |
| ALLA0014 | Apr 2022 | Disability Assistance | Help when living with a disability. |
| ALLA0016 | Jul 2013 | Managing your money | This booklet tells you what budgeting is about and the types of help you may be able to get to help you manage your money better. |
| ALLA0021 | Jan 2014 | Disability Allowance - record of counselling | A card to keep a record of your visits to your counsellor. |
| ALLA0030 | Jul 2021 | Help when you're caring for someone else's child | A guide for people who are raising someone else's child and giving them a home. |
| ALLA0034 | Feb 2021 | A Guide for Carers | Practical help for people supporting family or friends who are older and need assistance, or who have a health condition, a disability, an injury or mental health, alcohol and drug issues. |
| ALLA100 | Mar 2019 | How we can help | A guide to help from Work and Income |
| ALLA122 | Apr 2021 | Winter Energy Payment | A payment to help with the cost of keeping your home warm over the winter months. |
| ALLA130 | Apr 2022 | Help if you've lost your job | If you've lost your job or can't work at the moment you may be able to get a benefit or some other financial help from us. |
| ALLA131 | Feb 2021 | Fraud and investigations | Information about fraud investigations and how we investigate them. |
| EMPL0003 | May 2021 | Help to find and train great people | Quick, easy, no-cost recruitment options for employers |
| EMPL1040 | Jul 2020 | Mana in Mahi | A brochure of Mana in Mahi information for employers |
| EMPL1041 | Jul 2020 | Mana in Mahi | A brochure of Mana in Mahi information for clients |
| JOBS0005 | Apr 2022 | Need extra help with costs | A guide to allowance and extra payments for people on a benefit |
| JOBS0009 | Nov 2014 | Seasonal work and how we can help | Information about the different types of seasonal work available, where and what you'll gain if you take it up. |
| JOBS0012 | Jul 2021 | Help when you’re working | A guide for people who are working, or starting work. |
| JOBS111 | Apr 2021 | Help to get you working | A brochure about Jobseeker Support |
| JOBS112 | Apr 2021 | Help to independence | A brochure about Sole Parent Support |
| JOBS113 | Apr 2021 | Help when you need it | A brochure about Supported Living Payment |
| LSV005 | Jun 2019 | Limited Service Volunteer for employers | Give a young person a fresh start |
| LSV010 | Apr 2019 | Limited Service Volunteer for participants | Get a fresh start on The LSV Training Course |
| LSV011 | Apr 2019 | Limited Service Volunteer for participants | Get a fresh start on The LSV Training Course |
| LSV012 | Apr 2019 | Limited Service Volunteer for participants | Get a fresh start on The LSV Training Course |
| MSDDL-Translation | Our commitment to you | Our commitment brochure - in 12 languages | |
| SDO111 | Jan 2018 | How to apply for a benefit online | MyMSD login flowchart. |
| SDO119 | Nov 2016 | MYMSD - Get online, not in line | A quick guide to help you declare your wages online using MyMSD. |
| SDO126 | Jul 2019 | How to apply for NZ Super | The easy way to apply for NZ Super on our website, and the MyMSD login flowchart. |
| SHA012 | Nov 2020 | Help with housing | Help to pay your rent, housing or moving costs, or when you have nowhere to live. |
| SHA330 | Oct 2020 | Find the right tenant for your property | A free service to connect property managers and landlords with motivated people who need help to get a home. |
| SUPE0005 | Apr 2022 | Residential Care Subsidy and Residential Care Loan | Financial assistance for people in rest homes or hospitals. |
| SUPE0006 | Feb 2016 | Payment options for overseas pensions | A guide for people who qualify for a benefit or pension from overseas. |
| SUPE0200 | Apr 2015 | Extra Help for Seniors | A quick guide showing what extra help may be available for people getting NZ Super or Veteran's Pension. |
| SUPE100 | Jul 2022 | Services for Seniors | This brochure contains a summary of the services we offer older people. |
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