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Benefits and Supportsin Aotearoa New Zealand
Answer a few questions or choose what's changed.We'll help you find benefits, care, and other support, with clear next steps and official sources.
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Health, care, and housing
When health, care, or housing costs are the main issue, these are good places to start.
Health and disability
Find a first step when health or disability affects work, costs, or daily life.
Explore health and disability supportsCare for someone
Find payments, respite, disability support, and other help that may be worth checking when you care for someone.
See carer supportAccommodation Supplement
Estimate help with rent, board, or mortgage costs. Work and Income decides the amount.
Estimate housing support
Useful tools for common questions
Jump to a checker or guide when you already know what you need.
- New Zealand support checkerAnswer a few questions to see programmes that may fit your situation.
- Working for FamiliesEstimate most Working for Families payments and see whether Minimum Family Tax Credit is worth checking.
- Community Services CardCheck whether your income or a benefit you already receive may qualify you for a Community Services Card.
- FamilyBoostEstimate whether Inland Revenue FamilyBoost may help with eligible early childhood education and childcare costs.
- Work and income changesPlain-language steps when your hours, pay, or job changes.
- Jobseeker rules for young peopleUnderstand the enacted parental income rules and check how they may affect you from 2 November 2026.
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MyEligible checks national, regional, and council support across Aotearoa New Zealand, including Work and Income, Inland Revenue, StudyLink, Health New Zealand, ACC, transport authorities, councils, and other official programmes. It currently tracks 183 programmes.
Housing costs
Check Accommodation Supplement
Estimate help with rent, board, or the costs of owning a home. This is an estimate only. Work and Income decides.
- Uses official Work and Income rates
- Start with rent, board, or a mortgage
- Free, and no account is required
The checker asks for your district, housing costs, income, and assets. Work and Income confirms the result.
Upcoming benefit dates
Next public payment and claim dates from Work and Income and Inland Revenue.
Working for Families payment dates depend on whether you receive payments weekly, fortnightly, or after the tax year. See your upcoming payments in myIR
Updates and useful tools
Important benefit changes and tools
Check recent changes, useful tools, and guides that may affect what support you can get.
ACC support after an injury
Tell us what changed after an injury and see what ACC may help with, what to check first, and what other New Zealand support may still matter.
Cancer treatment and financial support
Organise income, work, treatment travel, extra costs, caregiving and practical support to check during cancer treatment.
Dementia and memory support
Find the next useful step for memory concerns, assessment, help at home, carers, money, safety and planning ahead.
Jobseeker Support changes for 18- and 19-year-olds
New parental assistance rules start 2 November 2026 for some 18- and 19-year-olds applying or reapplying for Jobseeker Support. See who may be affected and what to check next.
Support for carers, family and whānau
Explore payments, respite, disability support and other help that may be worth checking when you care for someone.