Rental mission for KiwiSaver is a creep too far

The last time the National party rolled out a nutty KiwiSaver idea, former prime ministerial aspirant Judith Collins fronted the concept in Lower Hutt. Almost three years ago to the day, Collins talked up the plan to allow unemployed New Zealanders to siphon up to $20,000 from their KiwiSaver accounts to fund entrepreneurial dreams. The then National leader told the people of Lower Hutt that the gloomy covid-infected economic conditions of the day were no barrier to startup success – in fact, a recession could be the ideal time...