Business leaders have delivered a blunt message to John Key: Raise the superannuation age. Eighty-eight percent in a Herald survey say retirement funding should be raised to 67, as the debate rages over the country's future.

When I turn 80 and before I need pre-packaged, means-tested care from one of NZ's friendly retirement corporations, I plan to live like a king.

Metlifecare has changed the terms of its much debated $216 million merger deal, as shareholders prepare to vote on the proposal today.

A combination of Kiwis living longer and large numbers of baby boomers retiring in the next two decades means the country needs to consider a new retirement option, warns the Financial Services Council.