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Recoverable Assistance Payment tables : Contents

At 11 February 2021

Below are the payment categories and maximum limits for Recoverable Assistance Payments at 11 February 2021. These limits can be exceeded only in exceptional circumstances.

Category

Maximum limit

Ambulance subscription fees

$200.00

Assignment, subletting or ending a tenancy early

$200.00

Attendance at funerals and tangihanga

$200.00

Beds, chairs and tables

$200.00

Bonds and rent

$600.00

Car repairs

$400.00

Child restraints for motor vehicles, and safety helmets

$200.00

Clothing

single without children

$150.00

couple without children

$300.00

sole parent or couple with children

$400.00

Dentures and hearing aids

$1,000

Driver licences

renewals

client under 75 years

$43.90

client 75 years or over

$18.70

client 75 years or over, who require an On Road Safety Test recommended by a doctor

$60.50

New

learner licence

$93.90

restricted licence

$134.80

full licence

$109.50

Reinstatement of driver licence

$66.40

Electricity, gas or water

$200.00

Fire loss or burglary

$1,000

Fridges, freezers and washing machines (whiteware)

at rates set in the preferred supplier arrangement

Glasses

if a client lives in an urban area with a preferred supplier

$249

if a client lives in a non-coverage area and chooses to use a non-preferred supplier

$1,000

Other emergency payments

$200.00

School costs

$200.00

School stationery

$200.00

School uniforms (for each dependent child)

$300.00

Telephone installation

$200.00

Tenancy tribunal fees

$20.44

Travel for stranded persons

$200.00

Current rates

For the current rates see: