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Retirement Commissioner concerned over Super residency bill
According to Jane Wrightson, the changes are being implemented too soon and older people will not have time to “make alternative financial plans”.
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Pattrick Smellie: Labour: How to lose friends and infuriate people
Labour won its 2020 majority on its covid response. As its second term ticks past the six-month mark, the government is disappointing a lot of different constituencies.
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Nash promises Milford money won’t go on talkfest
Stuart Nash wants to see things happening within two years.
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Increasing superannuation eligibility will only save 0.3%
Some say the change to NZ Super's residency eligibility is racist, while others say it does not go far enough.
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Pattrick Smellie
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Pattrick was judged New Zealand's best overall columnist and business columnist of the year at the Voyager 2021 Media Awards. He has more than 35 years’ experience reporting and working in New Zealand politics and the commercial sector. A former Press Gallery chairman, he is an award-winning journalist and has worked for titles including The Dominion, The Press, Sunday Star-Times and National Business Review. He was the first NZ correspondent for The Australian and co-founded BusinessDesk in 2008.
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