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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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International Services
International Services and Work and Income are services of the Ministry of Social Development. Together we help you get paid the right amount of New Zealand benefit or pension whether you live in New Zealand or overseas.
International Services:
- pays New Zealand benefits and pensions to clients overseas
- helps current and former New Zealand residents to claim certain New Zealand benefits and pensions they may be able to get while living overseas
- helps people claim any overseas benefits or pensions they may be entitled to from another country, and assesses their New Zealand entitlement once an overseas benefit or pension is granted
- provides general advice and assistance on international benefits and pensions
- shares information with social security agreement partners about benefits and pensions covered by agreements.
Our Wellington-based staff look after approximately 60,000 clients in New Zealand and in 70 countries around the world.
We assist in the negotiation of social security agreements and administer:
- the social security agreements with Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Ireland, Greece, Denmark, Canada and Jersey and Guernsey
- the special portability arrangement to Pacific countries
- the general portability arrangement (see what happens to your NZ Super when you go overseas)
- New Zealand benefits or pensions where a person gets an overseas pension.
If you receive a New Zealand benefit or pension, you can help us by:
- making sure that we have correct information about time you have spent living in other countries
- telling us about any changes in your circumstances.
Contact us
- Free phone us on 0800 777 227
- Calling from Australia: free phone us on 1800 150 479
- Calling from another country: phone +64 4 978 1180
- Write to us at PO Box 27-178, Wellington, New Zealand
- Email international_services@msd.govt.nz
- Visit our Going overseas or Moving to New Zealand pages.
For information about Veteran's Pensions please contact the Veteran's Pension Centre on 0800 650 656.
If it’s hard to use the phone, you can contact us through our services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment.
Translators are also available if you call 0800 777 227.
Centrelink International Services in Australia
The New Zealand and Australian governments have a Social Security Agreement that allows payment of certain New Zealand benefits and pensions to residents of Australia and payment of certain Australian benefits pensions to residents of New Zealand
Responsibility for administering this Agreement rests with International Services in New Zealand and Centrelink International Services in Australia.
We do this on behalf of our respective government departments; the Ministry of Social Development in New Zealand and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs in Australia.
Local offices for Centrelink in Australia and Work and Income in New Zealand are also available to provide support and advice.
If you would like to discuss your Australian benefit or pension (Australian Age Pension, Disability Support Pension or Carer Payment) please contact: