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2026 updates
help for back to school costs, reminder to upload NZQA results into art, what's new on the provider website, supporting taiohi to declare board and rent information, let's check in with our young people, keep an eye out for an invite, drop-in session for 2026.
2025 updates
refresher: accommodation supplement, youth week grants is open, youth service in 2025, youth service performance module, youth service neet evaluation now published, meri kirihimete me ngā mihi o te tau hou, regular youth service update break
summer prep, payments over christmas period, obligations and sanctions over the holiday period, is your art admin up to date?, studying next year? applying for studylink, upcoming drop-in sessions in new year
service performance reporting, pet bonds, payment card supplier map, changes to how we assess board payments, youth service experience survey, upcoming drop-in sessions
young parent support, opening a bank account, changes to assessing board payments, youth service experience survey, upcoming drop-in sessions
changes to sanctions, flexible childcare assistance, training incentive allowance, guaranteed childcare assistance payment holding fees, youth service experience survey, tahatū career navigator, check in with young people, upcoming drop-in sessions
guaranteed childcare assistance payment holding fees, transitional housing consent, error warning, upcoming drop-in sessions
digital suite upgrade, labour day changes to payments, drop in recap: programme fund, what’s changing for board payments in november, upcoming drop-in sessions
labour day changes to payments, drop in recap: obligations and sanctions, upcoming drop-in sessions
drop-in recap: transition to working age benefits, tahatū career navigator, reminders, upcoming drop-in sessions
whiteware reminders, drop-in recap - youth service plans, youth service colour schemes, previous youth service updates, workshops and readings, upcoming drop-in sessions
new obligation failure art process, winter energy payment ends soon, drop-in recap: keeping yourself well, apply for studylink, upcoming drop-in sessions
drop-in recap: te wiki o te reo māori, winter energy payment ends soon, commemorate suffrage day, support taiohi to enrol, youth service satisfaction survey results, change incoming: new obligation failure art process, upcoming drop-in sessions
whiteware reminders, drop-in recap - youth service plans, youth service colour schemes, previous youth service updates, workshops and readings, upcoming drop-in sessions
new whiteware supplier arrangement is live, youth service survey closing soon, updates from your yssu technical officers, getting goals with programme fund, new zealand chinese language week, upcoming drop-in sessions
whiteware changes, drop-in recap - hardship, tongan language week, youth service experience survey, upcoming drop-in sessions
drop-in recap - tahatū and inspiring the future, youth service experience survey, payment card expiry date, youth service update feedback, upcoming drop-in sessions
drop-in recap - yssu tips and tricks, welfare that works - community job coaching, cook island maori language week, upcoming drop-in sessions
board assessment changes, drop-in recap - incentive payments, feedback survey, are you ok campaign, vanuatu language week, call for help - celebrating te wiki o te reo māori, upcoming drop-in sessions
call for help – celebrating te wiki o te reo māori, drop-in recap – employment with jobs and skills hubs, drop-in recap – obligations and sanction, emergency housing survey, upcoming drop-in sessions
access and choice programme, call for help – celebrating te wiki o te reo māori, recap – housing drop-in session, updated youth service provider map, wikin te taetae ni kiribati (kiribati language week), upcoming drop-in sessions
supplementary assistance, tasks, board assessment changes, upcoming drop-in sessions
end of quarter reporting, activities, needs, notes, upcoming drop-in sessions
matariki, new activities, volunteers month, upcoming drop-in sessions
youth service plans, jobs and skills hubs information, programme fund guidelines, youth service satisfaction survey results, what’s happening, upcoming drop-in sessions
king’s birthday and matariki changes to payments, your stories: youth week at tui ora, tahatū career navigator website and expo, youth service survey, drop-in recap: transferring between providers, upcoming drop-in sessions
programme fund guidelines, traffic light system and jobseeker profiles learning module, reminder from yssu, rotuma language week, what's going on, upcoming drop-in sessions
programme fund changes, winter energy payment, new zealand sign language week, the traffic light system and jobseeker profiles, upcoming drop-in sessions
payments over easter and anzac, drop-in recap: digital suite – finding work, reminder: youth service provider website, no drop-in session for the next week
traffic light system, jobseeker profiles, online parenting courses with whānau āwhina plunket, digital suite – skills for work, money management, hardship payments, upcoming drop-in sessions
annual general adjustment, drop-in recap: digital suite – wellbeing, relocate for work support replaces 5k to work on 31 march, youth service satisfaction survey results, upcoming drop-in sessions
reminder: end of quarter reporting is coming up, drop-in recap – aging out and exit plans, transferring between providers, Upcoming drop-in sessions
employment activity name change, new way to open bank account, annual general adjustment, drop-in recap: limited service volunteer course, youth week grant application reminder
get milking – dairy taster course, ird number validation for taiohi applying for payments, youth service experience survey, obligations and obligation failures, cultural days this week, upcoming drop-in sessions
neet consent form updated, youth service experience survey closes soon, drop-in recap – working with young parents, upcoming drop-in sessions
youth week grant applications, free addiction and mental health support workshops education outcomes, youth service plans, upcoming drop-in sessions
teen parent units have spaces, waitangi day changes to payments, youth parliament 2025 applications open monday, keeping yourself well, upcoming drop-in sessions
NCEA results released, recording Oranga Tamariki information in ART, tenancy law changes, youth week grant applications, performance standard guide
checking in with young people, fees free final year, back to school, training incentive allowance
2024 updates
apply for studylink, payments over the christmas period, ordering whiteware over the holiday period, obligations and sanctions over the holiday period, gcap applications, housing reminders
housing responsibilities and agreed activities, join our weekly team hui, ordering forms, payment cards and brochures, youth service satisfaction survey results, drop-in recap: transition to working age benefits, 🐢 slower payment card transactions tonight, upcoming drop-in sessions
experience survey, fees free final year from 2025, international day of persons with disabilities, equivalent qualifications, full and correct entitlement, christmas period payments, solomon aelan pijin langguis wik, upcoming drop-in sessions
transfer to studylink, youth service survey open now, payment pauses for summer jobs, upcoming drop-in sessions
drop-in recap: he poutama rangatahi, going overseas temporarily, new learning module, reminders, upcoming drop-in sessions
labour day changes to payments, programme fund, reminders – review of decision, cyber smart week, upcoming drop-in sessions
guaranteed childcare assistance payment holding fees, labour day changes to payments, drop-in recap: headstrong, faahi tapu he vagahau niue – niue language week, upcoming drop-in sessions
exit plans for ghosts, messages from the msd driver licence support team, rāpare rima: tools for supporting taiohi with dyslexia, macawa ni vosa vakaviti – fijian language week, upcoming drop-in sessions
spotlight on education for young parents (teen parent units and education obligations), accommodation supplement check-in, a message from yssu – check the size of your attachments, winter energy payment has ended, vaiaso o te gana tuvalu – tuvalu language week, transferring between providers, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder resources, upcoming drop-in sessions
the traffic light system, mental health awareness week free resources, drop-in recap: headstrong, upcoming drop-in sessions
payment card pin deadline, submitting exit tasks, young people in emergency housing, full and correct entitlement, rāpare rima – ways to celebrate reo māori, commemorate suffrage day, upcoming drop-in sessions
inspiring the future programme, supporting documents task, winter energy payment ends, satisfaction survey results, upcoming drop-in sessions
financial support while studying, housing reminders, upcoming drop-in sessions
emergency housing changes, payment card pins, youth service experience survey, upcoming drop-in sessions
payment card pins, new performance standards webpage, youth service experience survey, emergency housing changes, tongan language week, upcoming drop-in sessions
making it easier to record ncea, emergency housing changes, obligations and sanctions, youth service experience survey, youth service birthday, upcoming drop-in sessions
emergency housing responsibilities, cook island māori language week, did you know..., upcoming drop-ins
hardships, good notes, payment card pins and suppliers, climate change workshop, upcoming drop-in sessions
programme fund, youth plans, payment card pins, spotlight on contracted outcomes, upcoming drop-in sessions
housing changes, satisfaction performance measures, reminders from yssu, upcoming drop-in sessions
education performance measures, money management, full and correct entitlement and supplementary assistance, upcoming drop-in sessions
make sure art is up to date, letters to taiohi in custody, deep dive: the contact performance measures, improving msd’s housing support products, upcoming drop-in sessions
haere rā barbara, housing support products expanding, msd employment supports, improved funeral grant guidance, register to get access to nzqa learning records, upcoming drop-in sessions
new needs and activities in ART, housing support products expanding, survey results, what’s happening (men’s health week, Matariki, Join our feed back group), upcoming drop-in sessions
lgbtqia+ drop-in session recap, youth service satisfaction survey, what’s happening – youth week, samoan language week, world smokefree day, upcoming drop-in sessions
art enhancements, jobs and skills hubs, using the tmvmt, youth service experience survey, what’s happening (privacy week, youth week, rotuman language week), reminders from yssu, upcoming drop-in sessions
new alert: names pronouns gender, service performance tips: employment activities, youth service experience survey, recap: reviews of decisions, upcoming drop-in sessions
puāwaitanga counselling, obligations and sanctions, writing good notes, upcoming drop-in sessions
full and correct entitlement, new needs and activities, programme fund, whītiki tauā virtual mentoring, winter energy payments, social housing fast track, upcoming drop-in sessions
industry partnerships drop-in session recap, join our feedback group, upcoming drop-in sessions
youth service satisfaction survey results, reducing the use of emergency housing, tips and tricks – transition to main benefit, upcoming drop-in sessions
art admin check-in, more help with childcare costs for young parents, citizens advice bureau tool kete for taiohi, upcoming drop-in sessions
nz post no longer accepting payment cards, helping taiohi to get their birth certificate, drop-in recap housing, upcoming drop in sessions
driver licence programme changes, emergency housing announcement, annual general adjustment, flexible childcare assistance changes and guaranteed childcare assistance, training incentive allowance, easter 2024 payments, youth service survey, face, notes and activities, upcoming drop in sessions
aging out and exit plans, driver licence programme changes, income calculation changes for sole traders, easter 2024 payments, youth service survey, upcoming drop in sessions
supporting taiohi into employment, climate change youth advisory group, ncea results released, children's day, transition to working age benefits, youth service survey, YSSU reminders, upcoming drop-in sessions
lsv course, bluelight course to prepare for lsv, understanding young people in emergency housing, driver licence programme changes, using the right employment task, youth service satisfaction survey, upcoming drop-in sessions
driver licence programme announcement, new and improved emergency housing info resource, applications for youth week event grants open, education outcomes, art alerts, upcoming drop-in sessions
spotlight on the performance standards document, new work page on work and income site, upcoming drop-in sessions
ready to rent programme, direct studylink line, waitangi day changes to payment dates, a message from yssu: whakanui to our youth coaches, keeping yourself well, upcoming drop-in sessions
flexible funding, back-to-school costs, neet consent form reminder, join our feedback group, upcoming drop-in sessions
family reconciliation counselling, reapplying for a payment after a breakdown, ncea results released, waka kotahi: wait times for licence tests have increased, ordering forms, payment cards and brochures, upcoming drop-in sessions