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Sole Parent Support for widows and widowers with dependent children under 14

Under the agreement with Denmark, a widow or widower may qualify for New Zealand Sole Parent Support if they meet all the qualifications.

Under the agreement:

  • dependent children born in Denmark can be accepted as being born in New Zealand if the child was born before the death of the last deceased partner
  • residence and/or periods of contributions in Denmark to be regarded as residence in New Zealand for a client to meet the period of residence qualification for Sole Parent Support for widows or widowers
  • the client can use their own or their last deceased spouse or civil union partner's residence and/or periods of contributions in Denmark as periods of New Zealand residence to meet the residence criteria
  • for Sole Parent Support widows, the children must have been conceived prior to the last partner's death
  • for Sole Parent Support widowers, the children must have been born before the death of the last deceased partner
  • the client may also be entitled to a Danish Pension, which may be directly deducted from the New Zealand Sole Parent Support

SWIFTT

When Sole Parent Support is granted using the agreement with Denmark you will need to add the reciprocal indicator by using the SDT1A screen in SWIFTT and entering 10 in the entitlement code field.

Care and protection concerns

If MSD believes any child has been, or is likely to be harmed (physically, emotionally or sexually), ill-treated, abused, neglected, deprived or MSD has concerns about the wellbeing of the child, the case must be referred to Oranga Tamariki.

For more information

Contact International Services or see:

Legislation

  • What is sole parent requirement section 30 Social Security Act 2018
  • Sole parent support: requirements section 29 Social Security Act 2018
  • Residential requirement section 16 Social Security Act 2018
  • Factors reducing benefits: entitlement to overseas pensions section 187-191 Social Security Act 2018
  • Factors affecting benefits regulations 118-136 Social Security Regulations 2018
  • Residence in Denmark Article 16 Social Welfare (Reciprocity with Denmark) Order 1997
  • Totalisation in Relation to New Zealand Benefits Article 17 Social Welfare (Reciprocity with Denmark) Order 1997
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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.

SWIFTT Details weekly benefit (1) Add screen.

Oranga Tamariki-Ministry for Children is known as "Oranga Tamariki". It came into existence on 1 April 2017, and replaced what was known as "Child, Youth and Family" or CYF.

Its original name, from 1 April 2017 until 18 January 2018, was the "Ministry for Vulnerable Children, Oranga Tamariki".