Christchurch woman celebrates KiwiSaver HomeStart grant victorySUPPLIED Amy Wright missed out on the KiwiSaver HomeStart grant, and didn't want others to share her disappointment. A Christchurch woman turned down for a KiwiSaver HomeStart grant thanks to a spell of maternity leave is celebrating a change of heart by Housing New Zealand. HNZ The image used on Housing New Zealand's HomeStart website shows new families are a key group the grants were designed to help. Sometimes HNZ allowed people who had missed contributions in the current KiwiSaver financial year to make "top up" payments to become eligible for the grant. Each year, an average of 11 per cent of HomeStart grant applications are declined.

Source: Stuff December 03, 2017 02:26 UTC