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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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Problems with your payment card
What to do if your card locks, declines, or you have any other problems with your payment card.
Incorrect PIN
You need to enter your personalised PIN when you pay. You can set or reset this quickly in MyMSD.
Since 23 September the last 4-digits on the card no longer work as a PIN.
How to set your PIN:
- Log in to MyMSD
- Go to 'My payment cards'
- Select the card you want to add a PIN for
- Enter a 4-digit PIN - don't use a PIN that is consecutive, easily associated with you (like birthdays), or the numbers on your card.
- Re-enter your PIN.
- Done! Your PIN is now ready to go.
If you can't use MyMSD to set your PIN, call us and say "set my card PIN", or go here if you're deaf, hard of hearing or have a speech impairment.
If you've registered your voice you can set your PIN over the phone at any time without waiting to talk to a person. If you haven't registered your voice you'll need to call during our contact centre opening hours to talk to us.
Reset your PIN
You can reset your PIN by following the same steps above.
Locked card
The card will lock if you enter an incorrect PIN 5 times. You can unlock this by resetting your PIN, or wait until the next day – the card will unlock automatically at midnight.
EFTPOS issues
Here's what you need to do if you have problems at the EFTPOS machine:
If the EFTPOS machine says... | You need to... |
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Refer to card issuer | Set your personalised PIN - find out how to set your PIN |
Incorrect PIN | Try enter your correct PIN again - this will be either a personalised PIN you've set, or the last 4 digits on your card. If you can't remember your PIN, you can reset it quickly in MyMSD, or call us and say "set my card PIN". |
PIN tries exceeded | You've entered an incorrect PIN 5 times - you need to reset your PIN or wait until the next day (the card will unlock itself at midnight). |
The transaction may also be declined if the:
- money on the card has expired: The money will only stay on the payment card for 7 days. After that it expires. You can check the expiry date in MyMSD. If you still need the money, call us and say 'Payment card' when you're asked why you're calling.
- amount you're charged is more than the amount on the card: You need to reduce the amount being spent.
- shop is not registered with us: Shops need to be registered to accept our payment cards in their EFTPOS machines.
- signature does not match: The signature on the back of your card must match your signature on the receipt. No one else can use your card on your behalf.
Checking your payment
You can go online and use MyMSD to check:
- the balance on your card
- your previous transactions
- when your payment expires.
Log into MyMSD, or find out how to get a MyMSD account.
Lost, stolen or damaged cards
Call us if:
- you can't find your card (if you think it's lost or stolen)
- you think someone else is using your card without your permission
- your card is broken or damaged.
Say 'Payment Card' when you are asked to say why you're calling.
Cancelled and expired cards
Your payment card may be cancelled if it has been damaged or lost. Once a card is cancelled it can no longer be used.
Payment cards will also expire after a set amount of time, and once it expires it can no longer be used. You can find your card's expiry date in 'My payment cards' in MyMSD.
If you need a new card you can find out how to get one here:
Refunds
If you get a refund this will be credited against any debts you have with us. If you still need money to get the item you returned, talk to us.
Registered suppliers who can't accept payment cards
Sometimes suppliers who are registered with us can't accept our payment cards. This could be because:
- they don't use EFTPOS
- the EFTPOS network or our internal systems are down
- there's a state of emergency or natural disaster.
When you call us to apply, we'll talk about whether your supplier can accept payment cards, and other ways we can help if they can't.