4 Furniture removal

4.1 Introduction

Packing, transporting, storage for up to seven days (where appropriate), transit insurance and unpacking of the teacher's household effects will be undertaken by the removal company contracted by the Ministry of Education, New Zealand Van Lines Limited.

Note: Teacher's are responsible for the costs of any specialised insurance (including mechanical and electrical derangement insurance, pairs and sets insurance and freezer insurance) over and above normal transit insurance provided.

4.2 Refunding of other expenses

Actual and reasonable expenses will be reimbursed for the following items:

1. Cost of inter-island transport and marine insurance for up to two vehicles and one towed vehicle (trailer, a caravan or a boat on a trailer);
2. Storage of furniture and effects for the period during which a teacher qualifies for an accommodation allowance or a rent subsidy.
3. Please advise New Zealand Van Lines Ltd if you have any domestic pets that require relocation, as the Ministry will reimburse New Zealand Van Lines Ltd for seven days boarding, if required. If your pet(s) require boarding accommodation during the relocation of your household, it is your responsibility to ensure that they have all had the appropriate vaccinations. If they have not, the boarding kennels/catteries/motels will refuse to take them, and you will be responsible for their care during this period.

4.3 Articles excluded

The following are not covered by the Ministry's contract with its removal company under 4.1:

1. All articles not part of the teacher's household furniture and effects
2. Buildings (except dog kennels and small dismantleable structures such as garden sheds), garages, materials connected with buildings and structures generally, wireless poles and large television masts
3. Large workshop machinery, large engines, large cultivating machinery and garden rollers
4. Boats, caravans and trailers larger than 12 feet
5. Wood, coal and fuel in excess of 250kg per household
6. Livestock (excluding household pets) horses and beehives
7. Motor vehicles, including motor cycles and motor scooters (except where prior approval from the Ministry has been obtained for one domestic motor vehicle or motor cycle).

A teacher wishing to move any of these articles must make separate arrangements for their removal.

4.4 House cleaning

The Ministry does not reimburse the cost of house cleaning.

4.5 Storage of furniture

Where a teacher is occupying short-term temporary accommodation or is in receipt of, or qualifies for, an accommodation allowance or a rent subsidy, furniture storage for the period will be provided by the removal company contracted by the Ministry of Education.

Where this is not the case, teachers will be required to make and fund their own arrangements.

4.6 Claims for damage

Any claim for damage to property in transit or storage is, in the first instance, a matter for settlement between the teacher and the Ministry's contracted removal company. Where difficulties arise, the teacher should contact the Resourcing Division for assistance.

4.7 Administration

Once entitlement to removal expenses is confirmed by the Ministry, NZ Van Lines, the removal company contracted by the Ministry to move teachers household effects, will contact the transferring teacher to arrange removal of the teacher's household effects.