Accommodation rates for 2022
Below are the standard rates of Accommodation Benefit for eligible Student Allowance recipients, excluding sole parents, from 1 January 2022.
Accommodation Benefit is a non-taxable weekly payment.
Arrowtown - Auckland
Location | 2022 |
Arrowtown | $60.00 |
Ashburton | $57.50 |
Auckland | $60.00 |
Balclutha - Blenheim
Location | 2022 |
Balclutha | $47.50 |
Blenheim | $60.00 |
Cambridge - Cromwell
Location | 2022 |
Cambridge | $60.00 |
Carterton | $57.00 |
Christchurch | $60.00 |
Cromwell | $60.00 |
Dannevirke - Dunedin
Location | 2022 |
Dannevirke | $44.00 |
Dargaville | $60.00 |
Dunedin | $60.00 |
Featherston - Foxton
Location | 2022 |
Featherston | $60.00 |
Feilding | $60.00 |
Foxton | $60.00 |
Gisborne - Greytown
Location | 2022 |
Gisborne | $60.00 |
Gore | $47.50 |
Greymouth | $52.50 |
Greytown | $60.00 |
Hamilton - Huntly
Location | 2022 |
Hamilton | $60.00 |
Hastings | $60.00 |
Havelock North | $60.00 |
Hawera | $54.50 |
Hawke's Bay | $60.00 |
Hokitika | $43.00 |
Huntly | $60.00 |
Invercargill
Location | 2022 |
Invercargill | $51.00 |
Kaikoura - Kerikeri
Location | 2022 |
Kaikoura | $60.00 |
Kaitaia | $60.00 |
Kapiti | $60.00 |
Katikati | $60.00 |
Kerikeri | $60.00 |
Levin
Location | 2022 |
Levin | $60.00 |
Marton - Mount Maunganui
Location | 2022 |
Marton | $59.50 |
Masterton | $58.00 |
Matamata | $60.00 |
Morrinsville | $56.00 |
Motueka | $60.00 |
Mount Maunganui | $60.00 |
Napier - Northland
Location | 2022 |
Napier | $60.00 |
Nelson | $60.00 |
New Plymouth | $60.00 |
Northland | $60.00 |
Oamaru - Otorohanga
Location | 2022 |
Oamaru | $56.00 |
Opotiki | $47.50 |
Otaki | $60.00 |
Otorohanga | $47.50 |
Paeroa - Putaruru
Location | 2022 |
Paeroa | $60.00 |
Palmerston North | $60.00 |
Paparoa | $60.00 |
Picton | $60.00 |
Putaruru | $56.00 |
Queenstown
Location | 2022 |
Queenstown | $60.00 |
Rawene - Rotorua, and the Rural rate
Location | 2022 |
Rawene | $60.00 |
Rotorua | $60.00 |
Rural rate | $60.00 |
Stratford
Location | 2022 |
Stratford | $51.50 |
Taumarunui - Turangi
Location | 2022 |
Taumarunui | $37.50 |
Taupo | $60.00 |
Tauranga | $60.00 |
Te Aroha | $53.00 |
Te Awamutu | $60.00 |
Te Kuiti | $56.50 |
Te Puke | $60.00 |
Thames | $60.00 |
Timaru | $52.50 |
Tokoroa | $58.00 |
Turangi | $38.50 |
Waihi - Woodville
Location | 2022 |
Waihi | $60.00 |
Waimate | $50.50 |
Waipawa | $54.50 |
Waipukurau | $48.00 |
Wairoa | $54.50 |
Waitara | $60.00 |
Wakefield | $60.00 |
Wanaka | $60.00 |
Warkworth (Puhoi) | $60.00 |
Wellington | $60.00 |
Wellsford | $60.00 |
West Coast | $60.00 |
Westport | $56.00 |
Whakatane | $60.00 |
Whanganui | $60.00 |
Whangarei | $60.00 |
Whitianga | $60.00 |
Woodville | $49.00 |
Current rates
For the current rates see:
