Infratil and NZ Super Fund are both buying up big stakes in listed retirement village operator Metlifecare.

The praise which Finance Minister Bill English heaped on the NZ Super on its 10th anniversary last week has a hollow ring to it, writes Brian Fallow.

Australian investment funds are taking advantage of a buoyant New Zealand retirement village industry to exit their stakes in the sector's main players.

Some of the big KiwiSaver providers have been slow to put up new information disclosing fees, performance and where money is invested.

A trust that sold off a 100-year lease of Auckland's historic Ranfurly veterans' home has called in an outside expert to review the quality of care the veterans are now receiving.

The debate on retirement income is set to continue today with a major industry group due to release its recommendations on how to supersize New Zealanders' retirement income.

Imagine the outrage if it were discovered that more than 80,000 Kiwis were receiving incomes of $6b a year, but were also receiving a benefit, writes Bernard Hickey.

New Zealanders will need as much as $200,000 in savings to augment NZ Super payments and provide a comfortable old age.

You've saved all your life and have a tidy nest egg. Now it's all downhill. How long will that capital last and how can you eke it out?

Peter Dunne deserves credit for suggesting an incentive to take state superannuation later in life. His proposal could solve a number of problems.

"Peter Dunne has dunne it again. Like his floundering Income Sharing Bill, Flexi-Super looks like a solution to something - but to what?" asks Susan St John.

Maori and Pacific Islanders - who have shorter lifespans - would benefit most from being able to take superannuation early, United Future Leader Peter Dunne says.

Whether you own your own or rent can have a big impact on the kind of lifestyle you have in retirement, says Massey University.

Statistics NZ said yesterday that the population aged 65-plus had doubled since the early 1980s to 635,200 and was likely to double again by 2040.

More than one in three people signed up to KiwiSaver don't know how much money they have in their retirement savings account.

Three NZX-listed retirement businesses are in a big growth phase, with more than 1000 new units planned.

Bernard Hickey asks how should New Zealand save for its retirement? This simple question gets more complicated the more you think about it.

AMP put in the best performance of the default KiwiSaver providers over the year to June 30.

A home that was supposed to be a retirement dream has become a fast-tightening noose around its owner's neck, after he has become trapped in a rare situation where he must move - but can't sell.