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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, review or renew
Re-apply for a payment, review circumstances, renew medical certificate 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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login'Cheap as' data
You can now use our website and our online services, MyMSD and MyStudyLink at little or no cost from your mobile phone or digital device if you are on Spark, One NZ, 2degrees or Skinny mobile networks.
You need to make sure your mobile data is turned on.
How it works
We've removed the cost wherever possible, but we do make use of website add-ons that will use a very small amount of your data, if you have some. In most cases this will be less than a cent of your data allowance per visit.
If you don't have any data on your device, you'll be able to use our websites and online services for free.
MSD's websites that are now virtually free to use include:
- Work and Income
- StudyLink
- Ministry of Social Development.
Online services that are now virtually free include:
- MyMSD
- Apply online and Apply for NZ Super
- MyStudyLink
- RealMe registration on the Department of Internal Affair's website.
We estimate that at least 90 per cent of our clients' mobile phones are connected to Spark, One NZ, Skinny or 2degrees and will be able to take advantage of this initiative from wherever they are in New Zealand.
Any mobile phone, smartphone or digital device that can access the internet on the mobile network of one of our partner providers can access 'Cheap as' data.
As some services on our website are not directly hosted by MSD we have been unable to reduce the costs associated with these services.
Networks not included
If your mobile data provider is a reseller of data from another telecommunications company you can't currently access 'Cheap as' data.
As of June 2016 these providers are not covered with 'Cheap as' data:
- Warehouse Mobile (operating on the 2Degrees network)
- Digital Island, CallPlus/Slingshot, Compass (operating on the Spark network)
- Black+White, Orcon, M2 (operating on the One NZ network)
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