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.

Baby boomer bashing won't solve the problems, says Liam Dann.

COMMENT: The events of the past week may be a turning point in election year, writes Audrey Young.

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.

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.

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.

COMMENT: The retirement age debate shows politics is frustrating, says Rachel Smalley. Parties have to do what they can to be elected, but they should be authentic.

Bill English hints at changes as the cost of NZ Super is expected to triple in the next 20 years from $11 billion to $36 billion.

COMMENT: A flawed forecast can be the difference between hitting your nest-egg goal and still needing to work at 70.

New Zealand's second largest listed retirement business recorded a 33 per cent change in the fair value of its investment properties.

Although he faced criticism over controversial Hawke's Bay Regional Council actions, suggestions chief executive Andrew Newman was

Nobody knows which investment will turn out best, so it's not worth too much worry, writes Mary Holm.

COMMENT: In considering retirement, most young Kiwis today seem to fit loosely into one of three categories.

As our population ages, retirement at 65 is becoming out of reach for most.

Master chef Simon Gault spices up retirees' food with mum's magic.

One in five Aucklanders plan to leave the city as they head into retirement.

COMMENT: It is hard to believe that New Zealanders chose not to pick up as much as $300 million on offer from the Government.

Northland Inc is looking at whether there's a market to build a retirement village in Dargaville to lure Aucklanders ready to quit the rat race.

The word "holiday" gives the wrong impression that it's something good.

The Commission for Financial Capability wants five-year payment breaks scrapped with payment breaks rolled over one year at a time.