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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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Move house
If you're moving house, we may be able to help with things like bond and rent in advance. We can also help if you're moving out of public housing or if you need to transfer to another public housing property.
If you don’t have enough money to pay bond to your landlord, you may be able to get a Bond Grant.
If you don't have enough money to pay rent in advance to your landlord, you may be able to get a Rent in Advance Grant.
If you're moving into a rental property, we may be able to help with moving costs.
$5k to Work
If you qualify for a benefit and need to move to take up a job, you may be able to get a payment called '$5k to Work'.
Transition to Work Grant
We may be able to help with the costs of relocating for work with a 'Transition to work' grant.
This grant may also be able to pay for things you need to find or start a job, such as:
- clothing and transport for a job interview
- tools or clothing for work
- childcare when you go to a job interview or first start work
- tattoo removal
- living expenses until your first pay.
If you're trying to get a rental property but feel you're being turned down due to your personal situation, we may be able to help.
We can assure landlords that we'll help to pay for any costs you may have at the end of your tenancy if it ends in 2 years. These are outstanding costs over and above your bond amount. It could cover things like property damage or rent you owe. This is called 'Tenancy Costs Cover'.
Apply while you're looking for a rental property. We'll give you a letter with this information that you can show to landlords. This is called a 'Letter of assurance'.
If you choose to move out of public (social) housing into a private rental property, we may be able to give you a one-off payment. This payment is called ‘Transition to Alternative Housing Grant’.
If you think the public housing property you're living in is not suitable or safe, you can ask to move to another one.