The Retirement Commissioner has released its recommendations to Government. Kaspanz will shortly respond re the age of entitlement issue. Add … More Recommendations: Review of Retirement Income policies 2016 →

Long John is  our guest columnist, and will reappear again in 2017. Keep a look out next week  for a … More Long John signs off for 2016. →

Each year we produce the top 15 retirement issues/trends for the year The surging upward trend of New Zealanders over … More THE TOP 15 RETIREMENT INCOME ISSUES IN NZ 2016 →

Long John might not  be aware that Kaspanz has suggested any move to make Kiwi Saver compulsory, must include a … More Kiwi Saver reform? →

Susan and Claire have contributed substantially to the evidence based research on NZ Super and associated topics. Here is another … More NZ SUPER and Overseas pensions: A recent paper from the team at the Retirement Policy and Research Centre, Auckland →

Always good reading. Informative,  and educational. https://cdn.auckland.ac.nz/assets/business/about/our-research/research-institutes-and-centres/RPRC/RPRC%20Update%20Vol%209%20Issue%203%20Final.pdf

We’ve got to talk about Super Do Kiwis know how lucky they are to have New Zealand Superannuation (NZS)?  Probably … More Long John on NZ Super. Read it here first! →

+++++ WHO ARE THE MEDIA COMMENTATORS WORTH LISTENING TO. +++ANY GOOD WEBSITES ON RETIREMENT INCOME? HARD COVER BOOKS: The Great … More BOOKS ON NZ RETIREMENT INCOME →

KiwiSaver forever  Readers of Long John’s first blog might have got the impression he is not a big fan of … More Little John on Kiwi Saver →

Michaels paper is not for the casual reader or faint-hearted. Its a reflection after years of research,discussion and observation. Ageing … More Michael Littlewood: Retirement income issues and Policy →