Cancer support navigator · New Zealand
Cancer treatment and financial support
Tell us what cancer or treatment is affecting. We will help organise the financial, work, travel, caregiving and practical support worth checking next.
Start with what is affecting you now. You do not need to know which benefit or service to look for.
- Private on your device
- Official sources linked
- No automatic eligibility claims
This navigator helps organise financial and practical support. It does not provide medical advice or make agency eligibility decisions.
Start here
What do you need help with today?
Choose the situation that feels closest. We will open useful starting points here, without moving you somewhere else on the page.
A simpler way in
Choose a starting point
You do not need to sort out the system first. Choose the option that feels most useful right now.
- Show me what to check firstUse the short checker to narrow the options from what is affecting you now.
- Money or bills are urgentStart with income, housing, essential bills and extra treatment costs.
- I am helping someone with cancerSee caregiver, whānau and practical support before using the checker for your household.
Putting the pieces together
How support usually fits together
People often need more than one kind of help. This order is a practical way to look, not a promise that every support will apply.
1 · Treatment logistics
Start with health-system and travel support
Check treatment travel, accommodation, support-person needs and help connected directly to receiving care.
2 · Money and work
Then protect income and essential costs
Look at work changes, income support, ongoing health costs, housing pressure and other essential bills.
3 · Daily life
Add practical and whānau support around it
Community, cultural, caregiver and practical help can sit alongside government and health-system support.
Topic exploration
Explore by topic
Read the part that matters now. Each topic links to deeper guidance on this page.
- Money and work
- Travel and somewhere to stay
- Extra treatment and everyday costs
- Caring for someone
- Practical, emotional and whānau support
- Children, teenagers and young adults
- Life after treatment
Want a personalised order of next steps?
Go to support checkerTopic 1
Money and work
Cancer and treatment can change hours, leave, income and the ability to keep up with essential bills. Start with the supports that protect day-to-day stability.
- Work changes, reduced hours or time away from work
- Income support, housing pressure and urgent essential costs
Topic 2
Travel and somewhere to stay
Treatment away from home can create transport, accommodation and support-person costs. These supports are often worth checking early, before repeated trips build up.
- Treatment travel and accommodation options
- Support-person travel or stay needs where the rules allow it
Topic 3
Extra treatment and everyday costs
Prescriptions, heating, parking, supplies and other ongoing health costs can add up. Some help depends on the type, frequency and evidence of the cost.
- Recurring disability or health-related costs
- Practical household costs that become harder to manage during treatment
Topic 4
Caring for someone
The person with cancer and the person providing care may need different supports. Keep those needs separate so one person's support is not mistaken for the other's.
- Caregiver and household support
- Patient support that still needs to be applied for in the patient's own right
Topic 5
Practical, emotional and whānau support
Not every useful support is a payment. Navigation, cultural support, counselling, practical help and community organisations can matter just as much when capacity is low.
- Practical navigation and community support
- Whānau, cultural and emotional support alongside financial help
Topic 6
Children, teenagers and young adults
Age, study, work and who is providing care can change which supports make sense. Younger people should not be pushed through an adult-only support path.
- Age-specific support and household context
- Study, work, caregiver and travel needs that may overlap
Topic 7
Life after treatment
Support needs can continue after active treatment. Recovery, return to work, follow-up travel and ongoing health costs may need a fresh check rather than assuming support stops.
- Return-to-work and recovery planning
- Ongoing costs, follow-up and changing support needs
Personalised support checker
Get a clear support plan in a few minutes
Tell us what cancer or treatment is affecting you. We will narrow the options, put the most useful supports first, and show where to go next.
- Only asks the questions that matter to your situation
- Orders what to check first, without making eligibility promises
- Links official sources and clear next steps
Personalised support checker
What do you need help with?
Choose one or more areas. You can change your answers later.
Choose one or more areas. You can change your answers later.