|
Category
|
Eligibility criteria
requirements
|
Services provided
|
New Zealand
citizen |
New Zealand citizens (including
those living in the Cook Islands, Niue or Tokelau who visit
New Zealand on a temporary basis and those born in New
Zealand) |
All services |
| Resident
in New Zealand |
New
Zealand permanent residents |
All
services |
| Work
Permit Holders |
Hold a
current work permit which, together with the time the person
has already been in New Zealand lawfully, allows for a
continuous stay of at least two years |
All
services |
| Australians
resident in New Zealand |
An
Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia who
can demonstrate an intention to remain in New Zealand for
two years or more |
All
services |
Overseas
students funded by Official Development Assistance Programme
|
Students
funded by the NZAID ODA programme; their partners, and their
children under the age of 18 years |
All
services |
| Commonwealth
Scholarship students |
Students
funded by New Zealand universities or NZAID as a
postgraduate Commonwealth Scholarship holder. |
All
services |
| Foreign
Language Teaching Assistants Scheme |
Teachers
funded by the Ministry of Education's Foreign Language
teaching Assistantship Scheme |
All
services |
| Refugees
and applicant refugees |
Eligible
with proof of refugee/applicant refugee status
|
All
services |
| Australian
resident on a temporary visit to New Zealand |
Hold
an Australian passport and have Australian residency |
'Immediately
necessary medical treatment' as specified in the New
Zealand/Australia Reciprocal Health Agreement |
United
Kingdom citizens who are living in the UK and who visit New
Zealand on a temporary basis
|
Hold
a United Kingdom passport and be a UK national |
Urgent
medical treatment as specified in the New Zealand/UK
Reciprocal Health Agreement |
| Children
in the care and control of an eligible person |
The
parent or legal guardian must be eligible as a citizen,
resident, Australian,student or visitor and the child(ren)
must be lawfully present in New Zealand and be under the age
of 18 years. Eligible work permit holders can pass on
eligibility to dependant child(ren) 19 years of age and
under. |
All
services |
| Persons
receiving compulsory treatment |
Compulsory
treatment under any of the Tuberculosis Act 1948, Health Act
1956, Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966, and the Mental
Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 |
Only
eligible for specified services under the appropriate Act |
Prison
inmate or individual on remand in prison custody
|
Passport
and/or permit status not relevant. Length of stay not
relevant |
Only
eligible for services not provided by the prison health
system |
| People
who suffer injury through an accident in New Zealand |
Injury
must happen in New Zealand and be accepted by ACC as falling
under the ACC legislation. Level of assistance depends on
the type of injury/treatment required. |
Accident-related
personal health services for a specified injury. May have
some ability to receive assistance directly from ACC for
other services
|
