Minimum Wages in New Zealand with effect from 01-04-2016 to 31-03-2017

Last update: 03-04-2017

Currency: NZD (New Zealand Dollar)

National Minimum Wage

Minimum Wage per Hour	Minimum Wage per Day	Minimum Wage per Week
15.25	122.00	610.00

National Starting Out /Training Minimum Wage: $12.20 an hour, which is $97.60 for an 8-hour day or $488.00 for a 40-hour week.
Groups are eligible for the starting-out wage. These are:
1. 16- and 17-year-old employees who have not yet completed six months of continuous employment with their current employer (or until they are training or supervising others).
2. 18- and 19-year-old employees who have been paid a specified social security benefit for six months or more, and who have not yet completed six months continuous employment with any employer since they started being paid a benefit (or until they are training or supervising others).
Minimum wage rates are stipulated by a single statute. The adult minimum wage applies to all employees aged 16 and over who are not starting-out workers or trainees, and all employees who are involved in supervising or training other employees. The starting-out wage applies to starting-out workers aged 19 years or less. The training minimum wage applies to employees aged 20 years or over. Under the starting-out wage, eligible 16-to-19-year-olds can be paid 80% of the adult minimum wage for 6 months or for as long as they are undertaking recognised industry training of at least 40 credits per year. Under the training wage scheme, after completing 3 months or 200 hours of employment (whichever is completed first) at not less than 80% of the minimum adult rate, the worker is entitled to be paid at the minimum adult rate.