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MSD insights

Explore up to date COVID-19 income support and Wage Subsidy trends and evidence.

What's new

Income Support Weekly Update 12 February 2021
19 February 2021

New weekly data is now available.

Monthly Benefits Update - January 2021
12 February 2021

New monthly data is now available.

Benefit Fact Sheets for the December quarter
21 January 2021

The Benefit Fact Sheets provide a high-level view of trends and are broken down by different benefits, gender, age groups and payment types.

Income Support Weekly Update
15 January 2021

New weekly data is now available.

Latest Kotahitanga e-newsletter
18 December 2020

Find out what we are working on with our partners and stakeholders to help Kiwi families and communities to thrive.

New insights
16 December 2020

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) in Aotearoa New Zealand

Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update
16 December 2020

Read Treasury's update on benefit number forecasts as part of the fiscal forecasts.

Who received the COVID-19 wage subsidies?
07 December 2020

A new report updates information to September 2020.

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