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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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Employment Service Providers
Our Employment Service Providers can help you find work if you're in our Employment Service or our Mainstream Employment Programme.
You may already have an Employment Service provider. If you don't have a provider, or you don't know who your provider is, you can chose one from your area in this list:
Northland
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address
Geneva Healthcare Ltd https://www.genevahealth.com/ 0508 353 828 or 022 0175 196 supportservices@genevahealth.com or jennapr@genevahealth.com Ember
APM Workcare
referrals@apmworkcare.co.nz or Kirsten.job@apmworkcare.co.nz
Workbridge – Northland
Auckland
Provider
Website Phone number Email address Ember
021 976 525, use extension 120 021 976 525 Vinesh.govind@ember.org.nz Emerge Aotearoa Ltd
Geneva Healthcare Ltd https://www.genevahealth.com/ 0508 353 828 or 027 4898 276 supportservices@genevahealth.com or vikkip@genevahealth.com WALSH Trust
Poly-Emp Employment
Workbridge
Autism New Zealand
Stroke Foundation of NZ
South Auckland
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address Pasifika Consulting Ltd
Transitioning Out Aotearoa
https://healthpages.co.nz/directory/listing/social-services-transitioning-out-aotearoa
Bay of Plenty
Provider
Website Phone number Email address
Pou Whakaaro
EmployNZ Ltd
Pai Ake Toru (Enrich+)
St Chads (Work Together Rotorua)
07 347 8515 or
Career Moves
Habit Rehabilitation (Southern BoP)
https://habit.health/ Workbridge – Tauranga
Workbridge – Rotorua
Workbridge – Taupo
Waikato
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address Enrich+
Career Moves
Centre 401 Trust
Pasifika Consulting Ltd
Workbridge
East Coast
Provider
Website Phone number Email address Disability Resource Centre (Hawke's Bay)
06 873 8210 or
CCS Disability Action
Choices NZ
Habit Rehabilitation
https://habit.health/ Workbridge – Gisborne
Workbridge – Hawke's Bay
Taranaki (including Whanganui)
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address
Choices NZ
Community Connections Supported Living Charitable Trust
Workbridge – Taranaki
Workbridge – Whanganui
Central – Manawatu, Horowhenua, Wairarapa
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address Community Connections Supported Living Charitable Trust
emily.sheffield@ccslt.org.nz Horowhenua Learning Centre
Habit Rehabilitation
https://habit.health/ Tautoko Options (Palmerston North, Horowhenua, Kapiti, Wairarapa)
03 545 7499 or
Workbridge – Manawatu
Wellington
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address Autism New Zealand
employment.wellington@autismnz.org.nz APM Workcare
Choices NZ Ltd
Community Connections Supported Living Charitable Trust
emily.sheffield@ccslt.org.nz Emerge Aotearoa (Worklink)
Evaro Employment Support
Habit Rehabilitation
https://habit.health/ Horowhenua Learning Centre
Pasifika Consulting Ltd
Workmates Supported Employment
(Porirua, Kāpiti, Wellington)
Workbridge – Wellington
Nelson
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address
APM Workcare
CCS Disability Action (Nelson, Marlborough)
Choices NZ
Tautoko Options (Nelson, Marlborough)
03 545 7499 or
Te Whare Mahana Trust (Nelson, Marlborough)
Village Community Trust – Employable (formerly Workstar) – Nelson/Tasman
Workbridge – Nelson
Workbridge – Motueka
https://www.workbridge.co.nz/ 0508 858 858 Workbridge – Marlborough
https://www.workbridge.co.nz/ 0508 858 858 Workbridge – West Coast
https://www.workbridge.co.nz/ 0508 858 858 Canterbury
Provider
What they do
Phone number
Email address Alpha Consultants
Catapult Employment
CCS Disability Action
Choices NZ Ltd
Comcare Trust
Emerge Aotearoa (Christchurch)
SPAN Charitable Trust (Skillwise)
Stroke Foundation of NZ
03 381 8500 Workbridge – Christchurch
Southern
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address APM Workcare (Southland)
CCS Disability Action
Choices NZ Ltd
Dunedin Community Care Trust
Work Opportunities Trust (Otago)
Workbridge – Timaru
Workbridge – Oamaru
Workbridge – Dunedin
Workbridge – Central Otago
Workbridge – Southland
Nationwide
Provider
Website
Phone number
Email address Deaf Aotearoa
New Zealand Spinal Trust
Stroke Foundation of NZ
Workbridge – for any areas not listed above