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  • Changing your citizenship status

    Found in Passports, citizenship and identity / New Zealand citizenship / Changing your citizenship status

    Your citizenship status may change if you want citizenship of more than 1 country or to give up New Zealand citizenship — or if the New Zealand government takes away your citizenship.

  • Minimum wage

    Found in Work / Workers’ rights / Minimum wage

    Employees must be paid at least the minimum hourly wage rate for every hour worked.

  • If you travel overseas

    Found in Tax, benefits and finance / New Zealand Superannuation and the Veteran's Pension / If you travel overseas

    If you're away from NZ for 26 weeks or less, you may still receive your NZ Superannuation or Veteran's Pension.

  • Personalised ceremonies for civil unions

    Found in Family and whānau / Getting married / Civil unions / How to have a civil union in NZ / Personalised ceremonies for civil unions

    A personalised ceremony is one you can have anywhere you and your celebrant agree. And you can write your own vows.

  • Registry ceremonies for civil unions

    Found in Family and whānau / Getting married / Civil unions / How to have a civil union in NZ / Registry ceremonies for civil unions

    A registry ceremony has a set cost, standard vows, and takes about 30 minutes. You have it on a weekday, and not a public holiday.

  • Consumer laws

    Found in Consumer rights and complaints / Consumer laws

    Find out what laws protect you when buying from, or sharing your information with, businesses selling in New Zealand and online.

  • Whāngai

    Found in Family and whānau / Adoption and fostering / Whāngai

    Whāngai is the Māori tradition of children being raised by someone other than their birth parents — usually a relative.

  • Family violence leave

    Found in Work / Family violence leave

    If you, or a child in your care, are affected by domestic and family violence, you can ask your employer for paid family violence leave and flexible working arrangements.

  • Being deprived of NZ citizenship

    Found in Passports, citizenship and identity / New Zealand citizenship / Changing your citizenship status / Being deprived of NZ citizenship

    In rare circumstances, the Minister of Internal Affairs can take away your New Zealand citizenship. You will no longer be able to use a New Zealand passport and you might not be allowed to live here.

  • Veteran's Pension

    Found in Tax, benefits and finance / New Zealand Superannuation and the Veteran's Pension / Veteran's Pension

    If you’ve served in NZ’s Armed Forces, you may be able to get a Veteran’s Pension when you turn 65.

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