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Sole Parent Support for widows and widowers

Under the agreement with Jersey/Guernsey a client may qualify for the New Zealand Sole Parent Support as a widow or widower if they meet all the qualifications.

Under the agreement:

  • dependent children born in Jersey/Guernsey (or while parent temporarily absent from Jersey/Guernsey) can be accepted as being born in New Zealand
  • the client must have contributed to the Jersey/Guernsey insurance scheme for a minimum of 12 months
  • periods of contributions to the insurance scheme in Jersey/Guernsey to be regarded as residence in New Zealand for a client to meet the period of residence qualification for Sole Parent Support as a widow or widower

the client can use their own or their spouse or civil union partner's periods of contributions to the insurance scheme in Jersey/Guernsey as periods of New Zealand residence to meet the residence criteria

Note the client may also be entitled to a Jersey/Guernsey pension, which may be directly deducted from the New Zealand Sole Parent Support as a widow or widower.

SWIFTT

When Sole Parent Support for widows and widowers is granted using the agreement with Jersey/Guernsey you will need to add the reciprocal indicator by using the SDT1A screen in SWIFTT and entering 05 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
  • Principle of Totalisation article 7 Social Welfare (Reciprocity with Jersey and Guernsey) Order 1995
  • Totalisation of Periods of Residence and/or Insurance article 8 Social Welfare (Reciprocity with Jersey and Guernsey) Order 1995
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SWIFTT Details weekly benefit (1) Add screen.

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.

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".