Credit union
For a benefit to be paid into a credit union account, the credit union must be:
- registered under Part III of the Friendly Societies and Credit Unions Act 1982 and
- approved by the Minister in consultation with the Minister of Finance
As at February 2001 the following credit unions have been registered with the New Zealand Credit Union Association and are approved:
Alliance Freezing Works Credit Union | Great Barrier Island Credit Union |
Anchor Waitoa Credit Union | Harbour City Credit Union |
Aotearoa Credit Union | Harbour Board Staff Credit Union |
Auckland Airport Credit Union | Hutt Valley Co-operative Credit Union |
Baywide Credit Union | Invercargill Licensing Trust Credit Union |
Carbine Credit Union | Media Credit Union |
Caxton Employees Credit Union | Marsden Point Refinery Credit Union |
Chelsea Credit Union | Masport Group Credit Union |
CHH Case Auckland Employees Credit Union | Napier City Council Staff Credit Union |
Christchurch Emergency Service Credit Union | Nelson Credit Union |
Clerical & Industrial Credit Union | Nelson Port & Industrial Credit Union |
Credit Union Auckland | New Zealand Breweries Credit Union |
Credit Union Bay Health | New Zealand Firefighters Credit Union |
Credit Union Canterbury | New Zealand Glass Credit Union |
Credit Union Central | Palmerston North hospital Credit Union |
Credit Union Bay of Plenty | Progressive Credit Union |
Credit Union Eastwide | Prometheus Credit Union |
Credit Union Forestlands | Scallop Credit Union |
Credit Union Hamilton | Southland Credit Union |
Credit Union Hawkes Bay | Steelsands Credit Union |
Credit Union Manawatu | Sydenham Money Club |
Credit Union Mt Maunganui | Taupo Credit Union |
Credit Union Otago | Te Aroha District Credit Union |
Credit Union Rotorua | Torere Districts & Families Credit Union |
Credit Union Taranaki | Union Care Credit Union |
Credit Union Tauranga Hospital | Waiheke Credit Union |
Credit Union Timaru | Wanganui Catholic Credit Union |
Credit Union Waikato | Wanganui Health Services Credit Union |
Credit Union Westland | Westforce Credit Union |
Fletcher Challenge Employees Credit Union | Wilson & Horton Credit Union |
Fisher & Paykel Credit Union | Wiri Site Employees Credit Union |
Five Star Credit Union |
Legislation
- Beneficiary must hold, and give MSD details of, bank account section 111 Social Security Act 2018
