Sunset, sunrise: new boom in KiwiSaver choice

A new dawn for KiwiSaver choice? (Image: Ruth Nichol)

Wed, 07 Jul 2021

KiwiSaver is a sunrise industry, again.Over the last 12 months alone, four new KiwiSaver providers have peeked over the horizon, one scheme following another in rapid succession.Switched on only last week, the shiniest newcomer, Aurora, brings the total KiwiSaver universe up to 37 schemes, compared to a low of only 29 in the dark ages of just four years ago.Aurora was “the name of the Roman goddess of sunrise whose tears turned into the morning dew,” the internet says.The KiwiSaver renaissance – as measured by scheme numbers &...

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