Maternity Leave

In NZ, we're entitled to up to 14 weeks paid parental leave and up to a total of 52 weeks extended leave if qualified (usually need to work in a company for 1 year before the due date) and this is also transferrable to our parnter. IRD has a defintion.

Department of Labour has a calculator that work out your entitlement for both employee, self-employed and the partner if you wish to transferred the leave. It also tells you the last date to inform your employer of taking maternity leave and a format of the letter to employer.