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Annual General Adjustment from 1 April 2025
On Tuesday 1 April, rates for benefits, New Zealand Superannuation, Student Allowance and other financial support will go up due to the Annual General Adjustment.
On Tuesday 1 April, rates for benefits, New Zealand Superannuation, Student Allowance and other financial support will go up due to the Annual General Adjustment. These changes are being made to reflect increases in the cost of living (inflation) or net average wage.
You can find a full list of rates on the Work and Income and StudyLink websites: Changes to benefit rates from 1 April 2025 – Work and Income and Changes to payments from 1 April 2025 – StudyLink
This change will be made automatically, people don’t need to do anything. The first payment people get in April will be partly at the new rates. This is because 1 April is part way through the pay period.
Benefit increases could change other payments people get, like Temporary Additional Support. If a client’s income has increased, their Income Related Rent or emergency and transitional housing contributions may also change. Note that the total amount people get from MSD after the 1 April changes won’t be less than what they’re getting now.
You can find more information, including the new rates, on the Work and Income and StudyLink websites.
With these changes, more people may qualify for supports like Accommodation Supplement, Disability Allowance, childcare assistance, help with urgent and unexpected costs, and Community Services Cards. People can use ‘Check what you might get’ to find out what supports may be available to them. The tool will have all the new amounts loaded from 1 April: Check what you might get
People can also check their new payments from 1 April in MyMSD or MyStudyLink.
Support in the community
The online Family Services Directory lists financial planning, childcare, and other community services for people and whānau. If you’re a community provider and want to register or update your details, go to ‘Information for Providers’.
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