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Admission to hospital or prison

When a client is receiving payment of a New Zealand benefit or pension in Australia the rate of payment must not be reduced if the client is in hospital for more than 13 weeks.

The New Zealand benefit should not be stopped if the client is imprisoned in Australia.

For more information contact International Services

The contact details for International Services are:

From New Zealand 0800 777 227 (free calling within New Zealand only)

From Australia 1800 150 479

From other countries +64 4 978 1180

Email international_services@msd.govt.nz

Postal

International Services
Ministry of Social Development
PO Box 27178
Wellington 6141
New Zealand

Fax 04 918 0159

Note when calling from overseas replace the '+' with the international direct dial prefix for the country you are in.