Joining Juno is easy for both you and your children. Simply head to the Juno website and enter a few details into Junos signup form. You will need your child's ID in the form of a passport, driver's license or birth certificate and for children aged fifteen and under both parents will be required to fill out the online application and verify your child's identity; finally, they will also need an IRD number.
Yes! With regular contributions from yourself, your employer, and the government, as well as a Homestart Grant from the NZ government finding the money for a deposit for your first home is easy.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter how much money is in your child's account, if they are under eighteen, they do not receive the government contribution of $521.43. Once they are eighteen, if they earn at least $34,762 before tax and contribute at least 3% to their KiwiSaver, they’ll automatically qualify for the government contribution.