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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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Job Connect on Facebook
Find out how we can help you get ready to work, find work, and support available while you're working.
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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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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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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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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
Going on holiday or going to live overseas
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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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COVID-19 Wage Subsidy March 2021
The Wage Subsidy March 2021 was to help businesses pay staff affected by COVID-19 alert level changes. It was available from 1pm on 4 March 2021 to 11:59pm on 21 March 2021.
The information on this page is a summary of the key details about this payment. Detailed information can be found in the declaration at the bottom of this page.
Who could get it
This payment was available to employers or self-employed people. Their business must have had or expected to have had a 40% decline in revenue over 14 consecutive days between 28 February and 21 March, compared to a typical 14-day period between 4 January and 14 February 2021.
Businesses with highly seasonal revenue could compare their decline in revenue to the same period in 2019.
State Sector organisations were generally not eligible to get the Wage Subsidy, however some may have been granted an exception.
Payment rates
The COVID-19 Wage Subsidy March 2021 was paid as a 2-week lump sum of either:
- $585.80 a week for full-time employees (20 hours a week or more)
- $350 a week for part-time employees (less than 20 hours a week).
Paying your staff
The business must have tried their hardest to pay their employees at least 80% of their usual wages while getting the wage subsidy for them. If that wasn't possible, at least the subsidy rate needed to be paid.
Declarations
The declaration contains the full eligibility criteria, obligations and repayment responsibilities for the COVID-19 Wage Subsidy March 2021.