Accommodation rates for 2018 - from 1 April 2018
Below are the standard rates of Accommodation Benefit for eligible Student Allowance recipients, excluding sole parents, from 1 April 2018.
Accommodation Benefit is a non-taxable weekly payment.
Arrowtown - Auckland
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Arrowtown | $60.00 |
Ashburton | $50.00 |
Auckland | $60.00 |
Balclutha - Blenheim
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Balclutha | $33.50 |
Blenheim | $50.50 |
Cambridge - Cromwell
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Cambridge | $58.50 |
Carterton | $40.00 |
Christchurch | $60.00 |
Cromwell | $60.00 |
Dannevirke - Dunedin
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Dannevirke | $26.50 |
Dargaville | $41.00 |
Dunedin | $56.00 |
Featherston - Foxton
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Featherston | $40.00 |
Feilding | $41.50 |
Foxton | $37.50 |
Gisborne - Greytown
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Gisborne | $41.50 |
Gore | $29.00 |
Greymouth | $40.00 |
Greytown | $46.50 |
Hamilton - Huntly
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Hamilton | $57.00 |
Hastings | $54.00 |
Havelock North | $54.00 |
Hawera | $36.00 |
Hawke's Bay | $54.00 |
Hokitika | $34.00 |
Huntly | $48.00 |
Invercargill
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Invercargill | $30.00 |
Kaikoura - Kerikeri
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Kaikoura | $60.00 |
Kaitaia | $40.50 |
Kapiti | $58.50 |
Katikati | $43.50 |
Kerikeri | $60.00 |
Levin
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Levin | $35.50 |
Marton - Mount Maunganui
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Marton | $22.00 |
Masterton | $40.00 |
Matamata | $53.50 |
Morrinsville | $54.50 |
Motueka | $56.50 |
Mount Maunganui | $54.00 |
Napier - Northland
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Napier | $59.00 |
Nelson | $54.50 |
New Plymouth | $53.50 |
Northland | $54.00 |
Oamaru - Otorohanga
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Oamaru | $39.50 |
Opotiki | $31.00 |
Otaki | $53.00 |
Otorohanga | $41.00 |
Paeroa - Putaruru
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Paeroa | $40.00 |
Palmerston North | $45.00 |
Paparoa | $54.00 |
Picton | $50.50 |
Putaruru | $33.00 |
Queenstown
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Queenstown | $60.00 |
Rawene - Rotorua, and the rural rate
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Rawene | $54.00 |
Rotorua | $49.00 |
Rural rate | $54.00 |
Stratford
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Stratford | $35.50 |
Taumarunui - Turangi
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Taumarunui | $25.00 |
Taupo | $51.50 |
Tauranga | $60.00 |
Te Aroha | $45.00 |
Te Awamutu | $52.50 |
Te Kuiti | $31.00 |
Te Puke | $54.50 |
Thames | $53.50 |
Timaru | $41.00 |
Tokoroa | $26.00 |
Turangi | $24.50 |
Waihi - Woodville
Location | 1 April 2018 |
Waihi | $46.50 |
Waimate | $31.00 |
Waipawa | $27.00 |
Waipukurau | $35.50 |
Wairoa | $35.00 |
Waitara | $40.00 |
Wakefield | $47.00 |
Wanaka | $60.00 |
Warkworth (Puhoi) | $60.00 |
Wellington | $60.00 |
Wellsford | $54.00 |
West Coast | $54.00 |
Westport | $40.00 |
Whakatane | $56.50 |
Whanganui | $33.50 |
Whangarei | $53.00 |
Whitianga | $55.00 |
Woodville | $29.50 |
Current rates
For the current rates see:
