Accommodation rates for 2023
Below are the standard rates of Accommodation Benefit for eligible Student Allowance recipients, excluding sole parents, from 1 January 2023.
Accommodation Benefit is a non-taxable weekly payment.
Ashburton District - Auckland
Location | 2023 |
Ashburton District | $57.50 |
Auckland | $60.00 |
Buller District
Location | 2023 |
Buller District | $60.00 |
Carterton District - Clutha District
Location | 2023 |
Carterton District | $60.00 |
Central Hawke's Bay District | $60.00 |
Central Otago District | $60.00 |
Chatham Islands Territory | $60.00 |
Christchurch City | $60.00 |
Clutha District | $50.50 |
Dunedin City
Location | 2023 |
Dunedin City | $60.00 |
Far North District
Location | 2023 |
Far North District | $60.00 |
Gisborne District - Grey District
Location | 2023 |
Gisborne District | $60.00 |
Gore District | $54.50 |
Grey District | $57.00 |
Hamilton City - Hurunui District
Location | 2023 |
Hamilton City | $60.00 |
Hastings District | $60.00 |
Hauraki District | $60.00 |
Horowhenua District | $60.00 |
Hurunui District | $59.50 |
Invercargill City
Location | 2023 |
Invercargill City | $54.50 |
Kaikōura District - Kawerau District
Location | 2023 |
Kaikōura District | $60.00 |
Kaipara District | $60.00 |
Kāpiti Coast District | $60.00 |
Kawerau District | $60.00 |
Lower Hutt City
Location | 2023 |
Lower Hutt City | $60.00 |
Mackenzie District - Mount Maunganui
Location | 2023 |
Mackenzie District | $56.50 |
Manawatū District | $60.00 |
Marlborough District | $60.00 |
Masterton District | $60.00 |
Matamata-Piako District | $60.00 |
Mount Maunganui | $60.00 |
Napier City - New Plymouth District
Location | 2023 |
Napier City | $60.00 |
Nelson City | $60.00 |
New Plymouth District | $60.00 |
Ōpōtiki District - Ōtorohanga District
Location | 2023 |
Ōpōtiki District | $55.50 |
Ōtorohanga District | $60.00 |
Palmerston North City - Porirua City
Location | 2023 |
Palmerston North City | $60.00 |
Porirua City | $60.00 |
Queenstown-Lakes District
Location | 2023 |
Queenstown-Lakes District | $60.00 |
Rangitīkei District - Ruapehu District
Location | 2023 |
Rangitikei District | $60.00 |
Rotorua District | $60.00 |
Ruapehu District | $54.50 |
Selwyn District - Stratford District
Location | 2023 |
Selwyn District | $60.00 |
South Taranaki District | $60.00 |
South Waikato District | $60.00 |
South Wairarapa District | $60.00 |
Southland District | $53.00 |
Stratford District | $60.00 |
Tararua District - Timaru District
Location | 2023 |
Tararua District | $49.00 |
Tasman District | $60.00 |
Taupō District | $60.00 |
Tauranga City | $60.00 |
Thames-Coromandel District | $60.00 |
Timaru District | $60.00 |
Upper Hutt City
Location | 2023 |
Upper Hutt City | $60.00 |
Waikato District - Whangarei District
Location | 2023 |
Waikato District | $60.00 |
Waimakariri District | $60.00 |
Waimate District | $51.50 |
Waipa District | $60.00 |
Wairoa District | $57.50 |
Waitaki District | $60.00 |
Waitomo District | $56.50 |
Wellington City | $60.00 |
Western Bay of Plenty | $60.00 |
Westland District | $55.50 |
Whakatāne District | $60.00 |
Whanganui District | $60.00 |
Whangārei District | $60.00 |
Current rates
For the current rates see:
