Ngā tatauranga matua o te 2022/23 | Key stats for 2022/23
Almost every New Zealander, at some point in their lives, will receive support from MSD
In 2022/23 1.3 million New Zealanders received income support.
As at 30 June 2023:
- 351,700 people were receiving a main benefit
- 883,200 people were receiving NZ Superannuation.
In 2022/23 MSD:
- answered 3,917,000 calls
- processed 244,400 Student Loan and Student Allowance applications
- supported 84,100 working-age people into work and off a benefit
- funded community support services accessed by 138,700 people
- provided support to people to get into housing, which contributed to 2,400 fewer people on the Public Housing Register than the year before
- supported 105,000 people through Civil Defence Payments
- continued to manage Wage Subsidy repayments, with over 24,700 repayments worth over $819.6 million since 30 March 2020.
