Private KiwiSaver: the two-for Xmas gift

The red-inked edit shows PM Christopher Luxon is, in fact, a member of the ANZ KiwiSaver scheme. (Image: NZME)

Wed, 18 Dec 2024

Just in time for Christmas, the Government has taken two-for-one KiwiSaver deals off the table … even if you happen to be the prime minister.In a pre-festive season amendment to the ‘Register of Pecuniary and Other Specified Interests of Members of Parliament’, the PM confirmed that, actually, he doesn’t belong to both the Westpac and AMP KiwiSaver schemes as declared in previous disclosures.The red-inked edit shows PM Christopher Luxon is, in fact, a member of the ANZ KiwiSaver scheme (shifting from Westpac at some poi...

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