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Ordinarily resident in New Zealand for overseas missionary work
Missionary postings before 9 November 2020
Clients who were born overseas and began a missionary posting outside of New Zealand before 9 November 2020 must have been ordinarily resident in New Zealand immediately before they left for missionary work overseas.
Clients who were born in New Zealand and began a missionary posting outside of New Zealand before 9 November 2020 are not required to have been ordinarily resident in New Zealand before they left for missionary work overseas.
Missionary postings on or after 9 November 2020
Clients who began a missionary posting outside of New Zealand from 9 November 2020 must have been ordinarily resident in New Zealand immediately before they left for missionary work overseas.
For more information see:
Legislation
- Treatment of periods of absence as missionary section 10 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001
- MSD may refuse or cancel benefit if person not ordinarily resident in New Zealand section 204 Social Security Act 2018
