NZ Super change divides locals
National Party has stunned its critics with a plan for national superannuation.
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.
Prime Minister Bill English is being urged to give voters some certainty about whether he plans to change superannuation eligibility.
A quarter of New Zealand's workforce is expected to be over 55 within the next 20 years.
COMMENT: A flawed forecast can be the difference between hitting your nest-egg goal and still needing to work at 70.
Nobody knows which investment will turn out best, so it's not worth too much worry, writes Mary Holm.
As our population ages, retirement at 65 is becoming out of reach for most.
COMMENT: In considering retirement, most young Kiwis today seem to fit loosely into one of three categories.
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.
Ryman Healthcare has just won the right to build a vast new Devonport village on Auckland's North Shore.
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Patient battles through two reviews and three court cases to prove that his treatment injury happened at the time of surgery.
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COMMENT: Everyone has a different take but spreading risk seems wise.
This festive season the Hawke's Bay Community Choir is doing the rounds visiting local retirement villages to help spread the Christmas spirit through song. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Many older people in leaky homes are still struggling financially and physically with the ongoing saga, a new study has found.
People will have to be resident in New Zealand for 25 years to get Superannuation under new proposals.
After 35 years on the job, he was minutes from retirement. But first, he blasted his bosses in a company-wide email.
Retirement Commissioner to present KiwiSaver recommendations to Government.