All of New Zealand is currently at Alert Level 1. Our service centres are open and if we need to meet with you in person, we'll make an appointment with you. We'll also continue to help over the phone and online.
Information is available for people affected by COVID-19, including individuals, employers and community providers.
Expressions of interest are invited for the position of Children’s Commissioner
Each year $750,000 is made available for policy-relevant research using Growing Up in New Zealand data.
This report uses Stats NZ survey data to describe day-to-day life for children living in households defined as poor by the measures used in the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, and provides international comparisons as to how New Zealand children are faring.
The latest statistics on Student Loan, Student Allowance, and other support available is now available.
New weekly data for the week ending 21 May 2021 is now available.
Demand for MSD services has increased because of COVID-19. Budget 2021 lifts benefit rates and enables MSD to support more people though the impacts of COVID-19 and back into work.
The Treasury’s Budget Economic and Fiscal Update (BEFU) is released annually on Budget Day includes benefit number forecasts as part of the fiscal forecasts.
