A local MP is weighing into the fight for South Dunedin's Work and Income office to be reopened.

The office in Hillside Road was flood-damaged in June and has been closed since.

Some South Dunedin residents have been complaining about having to travel into the city to the nearest WINZ office.

Dunedin South MP Clare Curran is calling on the government to offer up some answers about when the service will resume.

She says the Dunedin South electorate has more than 18,000 people on income support.

More than half the community earns less than $35,000 per year.

The Ministry of Social Development hasn't said when, or if, the office will be reopened.