20 things parents at home in New Zealand can claim
Family allowances, childcare costs, school and back-to-school help, energy support.
20
Programmes for you
5
Paid automatically
15
Need an application
3
With a published amount
School donations scheme ($150 per student for decile 1–7 schools)
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Verified
Working for Families Family Tax Credit
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Verified
18 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
17 of these publish no fixed amount. That does not mean they are small — it means the authority calculates the figure from your circumstances, and those are often the biggest payments of all. Run the check to see which apply to you.