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Unclaimed benefits & grants in New Zealand

79 real support programmes from national, regional and city bodies — each with the published eligibility rules, an official source and the date we last checked it. 11 of them pay out automatically; the other 68 need an application.

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Programmes

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Income support

20 income support programmes

Jobseeker Support (main unemployment benefit) Jobseeker Support · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Verified Jobseeker Support Student Hardship (summer break support for students) Jobseeker Support Student Hardship · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Not human-checked

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Health & care

12 health & care programmes

Special Needs Grant for emergency dental care and glasses Special Needs Grant — Dental and Glasses · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Not human-checked Community Services Card (subsidised GP visits, prescriptions and transport discounts) Community Services Card · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Verified

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Education & training

12 education & training programmes

Childcare Subsidy (income-tested help with pre-school childcare fees) Childcare Subsidy · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Verified OSCAR Subsidy (out-of-school care and recreation for children 5–13) OSCAR Subsidy · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Not human-checked

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Housing & rent

10 housing & rent programmes

Accommodation Supplement (weekly rent/board/mortgage help) Accommodation Supplement · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Verified Income-Related Rent Subsidy (public/social housing rent at 25% of income) Public Housing — Income-Related Rent Subsidy · Ministry of Social Development / Kāinga Ora / Community Housing Providers ●●●● Not human-checked

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Business & self-employment

7 business & self-employment programmes

R&D Tax Incentive — 15% tax credit on eligible R&D expenditure Research and Development Tax Incentive (RDTI) · Inland Revenue and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment ●●●● Verified R&D Loss Tax Credit (cash refund for loss-making R&D companies) R&D Loss Tax Credit · Inland Revenue (Te Tari Taake) ●●●● Not human-checked

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Family & children

5 family & children programmes

Working for Families Family Tax Credit Working for Families — Family Tax Credit · Inland Revenue (Te Tari Taake) ●●●● Verified Working for Families In-work Tax Credit Working for Families — In-work Tax Credit · Inland Revenue (Te Tari Taake) ●●●● Verified

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Transport

4 transport programmes

Community Connect — 50% off public transport for Community Services Card holders Community Connect Concession · NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi / regional councils (AT, Metlink, Metro) ●●●● Verified SuperGold Card — free off-peak public transport plus thousands of discounts SuperGold Card · Ministry of Social Development ●●●● Verified

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Work & employment

4 work & employment programmes

Flexi-wage (wage subsidy for hiring people at risk of long-term unemployment) Flexi-wage · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Not human-checked Self-Employment Start-up Payment (business start-up help for jobseekers) Self-Employment Start-up Payment · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Not human-checked

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Energy & utilities

3 energy & utilities programmes

Winter Energy Payment (automatic winter top-up for beneficiaries and superannuitants) Winter Energy Payment · Ministry of Social Development — Work and Income ●●●● Verified Warmer Kiwi Homes — insulation and heat pump grants Warmer Kiwi Homes (EECA) · Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) ●●●● Verified

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Tax relief

2 tax relief programmes

Independent Earner Tax Credit Independent Earner Tax Credit (IETC) · Inland Revenue (Te Tari Taake) ●●●● Not human-checked KiwiSaver annual government contribution KiwiSaver Government Contribution · Inland Revenue (Te Tari Taake) ●●●● Not human-checked

Regions covered: Auckland · Bay of Plenty · Canterbury · Otago · Waikato · Wellington. City and regional schemes are the ones people miss most — if yours isn't listed, the national programmes above still apply.