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2 allowances you can apply for 

• Child disability allowance

• Disability allowance

 

Child Disability Allowance

 

• Fortnightly payments

• Is not income tested

• Apply either by completing the form or online and you will need this to be signed off by your GP

• This allowance is up to the age of 18 and at age 16 you will receive a letter to see if your child is still in school.

 

 

Click here for more information from the WINZ website

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​Disability Allowance

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• A weekly payment, the amount varies depending upon certain factors

• Is income tested

• Apply either by completing the form or online and then you will need to make an appointment to meet with WINZ.

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Click here for more information from the WINZ website

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Personal Budget Holding Options

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This can get rather confusing however Parent 2 Parent NZ have created great resources that demystifies Disability Support Services.

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Another useful link is from the Ministry of Health

click here for information

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Where do you start?

• If you live nationwide (except MidCentral) contact your local Needs Assessment & Service Coordination (NASC) 

  • click here for your local one

• If you live in the MidCentral region, contact Mana Whaikaha

  • click here for their website​

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Idividualised Funding

 

Taken from the Ministry of Health Website:

• available nation wide except for MidCentral Region

Click here for the link

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IF can be used to:

• purchase Household Management, Personal Care provided by support workers (employees, contracted personnel or organisations) and pay costs relating to the employment of support workers

• purchase Respite through support workers or other opportunities where the full time carer is able to have a break (including school holiday programmes or facilities).

 

IF cannot be used to employ or contract support workers who are:

• the spouse/partner or parents of the disabled person; or

• family members who live in the same house as the disabled person. A family member is defined as a grandparent, grandchild, daughter, son, sister, brother, aunt or uncle.

 

IF doesn’t cover costs related to medical supplies, equipment, home renovations, leisure, recreation and personal or family costs, and can’t be used to increase the personal income of an individual or family.

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Mana Whaikaha

 

A prototype of a new disability support system (Parent2Parent)

• MidCentral Region Click here for the link

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