Time to drop the tax experiment?
COMMENT: Instead of taxing housing harder, why not change the tax on retirement savings?
COMMENT: Instead of taxing housing harder, why not change the tax on retirement savings?
According to a report, several retirement villages have paid no tax for at least 10 years.
The Government's low-paid carer deal will benefit 55,000 workers and cost $2 billion.
Mary Holm column: Advice for a teen with 'extraordinary entrepreneurial skills'.
The six-year battle has led to involvement of a lawyer and a traffic engineer.
New podcast: In all the condescension about buying a first home, what's really achievable?
Summerset Group increased sales of occupation rights at its retirement villages.
Those who feel most confident about retirement seek help first.
COMMENT: Adrian Orr gives an explanation of The Treasury's role and how the Fund operates.
Labour and Green party politicians were in Rotorua to discuss issues around elder care.
COMMENT: Boomers not the only ones to complain about, writes Brian Rudman.
New report reveals scale - and risks - of retirement village growth
Funds handy for urgent medical care but urge to shop is a hazard.
EDITORIAL: Statistics will be an overwhelming part of the up-coming election campaign.
Kiwisaver is so important we can't afford to make suboptimal investment calls.
COMMENT: Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party has some radical ideas for tax and benefits, Brian Fallow writes.
The growth plan means $50 million will be spent on villages at Pt Chevalier, Papakura and Cambridge.
The Government needed to go harder on superannuation changes, says Heather du Plessis-Allan.
COMMENT: Proposed reforms will only nibble at the cost of taxpayer-funded pensions, says Brian Fallow.
The spectre of changes to the Super scheme has sent retirees flocking to financial advisers.
Labour's new deputy Jacinda Ardern hangs out her shingle as champion of Generation X - and National's NIkki Kaye bites back.
Two Cabinet Ministers won't get their pension until age 67. But they're OK with it, saying they are likely to live longer.
A 20-year wait in lifting the age for superannuation eligibility from 65 to 67 will give the country time to adjust to the change, say business commentators.
The Prime Minister's proposal to lift the retirement age has been rejected by National's likely coalition partners and opponents.
COMMENT: Is it a deft or a daft move, to begin raising the pension age in 20 years time?
Herald readers have expressed their views on the changes to NZ Super announced by Prime Minister Bill English.
National Party has stunned its critics with a plan for national superannuation.
Labour's leader passes up a chance to update the superannuation age.
COMMENT: Prime Minister Bill English has torpedoed his own campaign line of certainty.
Bill English remains tight-lipped about possible changes to Super, but has ruled out means-testing or changing the way it is paid.