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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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loginPrivate property owners, managers, and landlords
There are lots of ways we can help tenants to move in and stay at your property. We can even help you find a tenant.
Your tenant needs to apply for any help they need themselves. Only an appointed agent can act on their behalf.
Find a tenant
If you're looking for a tenant to rent your property, we can work with you to find one who's a good fit.
Helping our clients get ready to rent
To help our clients succeed as tenants, some have attended a 2 day 'Ready to rent' course run by contracted providers.
These courses cover:
- Rights and responsibilities of being a tenant.
- Communicating with landlords.
- Home budgeting, managing costs and debt.
- Keeping a home warm and dry.
- Support available to them, including housing, financial and employment services.
Help with bond and accommodation costs in advance
The type of help people may be able get depends on whether or not it’s an accommodation or tenancy agreement that the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA) applies to.
- Help with bond:
- Bond Grant - help with bond for people who have a tenancy agreement under the RTA, or
- Accommodation Security Cover Grant - help to pay end-of tenancy costs for people who don't have an accommodation or tenancy agreement under the RTA.
- Accommodation Costs in Advance Grant - help with rent, board or other accommodation costs (e.g. cabin hire) in advance. This is for people who have an agreement under the RTA as well as those who don’t.
Help with end of tenancy costs
To give you assurance that costs can be paid for when your tenant leaves, they may be able to get Tenancy cost cover. This is to help guarantee end-of tenancy costs that aren't covered by the bond.
It's for people who have a tenancy agreement under the Residential Tenancies Act. Your tenant needs to apply for this before the tenancy starts.
Help to keep your tenants
We may be able to help your tenants with:
- Accommodation Supplement - this is a regular payment to help with ongoing rent or board costs
- Accommodation Costs Arrears Grant - if they have got behind in their payments have no other way to pay accommodation costs they owe.
If your tenant has had an urgent or unexpected cost, we may be able to help them.
Registering as a supplier to get payments from us
Your tenant may apply for a payment which, if approved, gets paid directly to you. Before we can make a payment to you, you need to register as a Work and Income supplier.
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