Other government assistance

If a student or their partner are getting any of the following benefits they are not eligible to get a Student Allowance.

• Emergency Benefit
• Emergency Maintenance Allowance
• Jobseeker Support
• New Zealand Superannuation
• Sole Parent Support
• Supported Living Payment
• Veterans Pension
• Young Parent Payment
• Youth Payment

If a student has a partner but they are not in a recognised relationship, the partner of the student may qualify and get a benefit in their own right. For benefit purposes the student's Student Allowance will be counted as income against the partner's benefit.

For more information see:

• Student with a partner

Students may not be granted a Student Allowance if they receive a bursary, scholarship, or award (or similar) from money appropriated by Parliament for study at a secondary school or a tertiary provider, without our approval.

There is discretion to award a Student Allowance despite a student being in receipt of a bursary, scholarship or award (or similar), subject to any conditions that may be determined in any particular case or class of case.

Students may receive a Student Allowance despite receiving other government study assistance on the condition that, the amount of that Allowance and the term for which it is payable may be less than the student would otherwise receive.

If you are unsure about a particular case or scenario, seek further advice from your manager.

Medical Trainee Intern Grant

The Medical Trainee Intern Grant (TIG) is a stipend payable to domestic sixth-year medical trainee interns. The grant is paid to the University of Auckland and the University of Otago by the Tertiary Education Commission, who then pay it to eligible sixth-year medical students.

The grant is paid to students in two ways. Most students will receive their grant in monthly instalments during the year. Those eligible students who study medicine after having completed a degree (graduate entry students), can receive their grant in a lump sum payment.

For more information on graduate entry students see:

• Student Loans The 7 EFTS lifetime limit

The Medical Trainee Intern Grant is not a bursary, scholarship or award for the purposes of the other government study assistance provision set out in Regulation 14.

It is personal income, but not a scholarship, for Student Allowances, except when it is used to pay fees or course-related costs.