Superannuation
The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioFrench Fury versus Quiet Kiwis
Paris is a burning rubbish tip as residents protest plans to raise the retirement age to a level that would still be below ours. Why aren't we agitating for change? Audio
French Fury versus Quiet Kiwis
Paris is a burning rubbish tip as residents protest plans to raise the retirement age to a level that would still be below ours. Why aren't we agitating for change?
AudioExperts split on raising age of superannuation
A recommendation from the OECD to raise the age New Zealanders can get the pension has been ruled out by the government, but the National Party's not so sure.
Superannuation debate heats up
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says Labour is standing by its commitment to not raise the superannuation age, despite the OECD suggesting it should. The Director of the Institute for governance… Audio
Parliament’s week: Some business, some personal
MPs return to the big House with a first week that promises debates on both government policy and personal projects, including on alcohol, budgets, tax rates, the Family Court, and conversion therapy.
…Parliament’s week: Some business, some personal
MPs return to the big House with a first week that promises debates on both government policy and personal projects, including on alcohol, budgets, tax rates, the Family Court, and conversion therapy.
… AudioStaying alive for the next 40 years? Treasury is planning your future.
How will decisions made about Covid-19, climate change, housing and an ageing population play out 40 years from now? The Treasury is making predictions and wants the public to weigh in. Audio
Staying alive for the next 40 years? Treasury is planning your future.
How will decisions made about Covid-19, climate change, housing and an ageing population play out 40 years from now? The Treasury is making predictions and wants the public to weigh in.
AudioArdern holds to pension age promise, despite Treasury warning
The Prime Minister is standing firm on the political hot potato of superannuation, despite Treasury warning the cost of the ageing population is on an "unsustainable" track.
Politicians have been… Audio
The champion of Kiwi children's poverty charities
Philanthropist Liz Greive is spending her senior years doing everything possible to support New Zealanders in her age cohort play an important role for New Zealand's children through the organisation… Audio
Study: People are not as financially responsible as they think
According to research from the University of Notre Dame, people think they are more financially responsible than they actually are. One of the authors of a new paper on the subject published in the… Audio
The pension debate - how can we afford future super?
The Super dilemma - how can New Zealand afford the weight of future pensions without raising the superannuation age? Audio
The pension debate - how can we afford future super?
The Super dilemma - how can New Zealand afford the weight of future pensions without raising the superannuation age?
AudioNZ Super costs up as NZ retirees on $100k passes 30,000
The number of New Zealand retirees getting their Super while earning more than $100,000 has topped 30,000 - costing taxpayers more than half a billion dollars each year.
Figures released to… Video, Audio
Infratil, Super Fund, set up new European renewable energy firm
The infrastructure investor Infratil and the New Zealand Superannuation Fund have joined forces again, to set up a European renewable energy company. Audio
Report says 'no' to raising retirement age
In a relief to those of us who don't want to work past the age of 65, a review that looked into into upping the age for super has found it'd do more harm than good, and is affordable for decades to… Audio
Higher tax rate for wealthy over 65s worthy of thought
A proposal to shift more of the tax burden to wealthy over 65s so they effectively pay back their Super might be more palatable than other options which have been mooted in the past. Audio
Should the superannuation age be raised?
The National Party wants to raise the age at which people qualify for superannuation from 65 to 67 by 2037, but the prime minister says that won't happen on her watch. Audio
