Pension
Pension Wars: How A Gold-Plated Promise Changed NZ Politics
It's the third rail of New Zealand politics: Touch it and you die. From Richard Seddon's groundbreaking old-age pension, to Rob Muldoon's Dancing Cossacks, to Jim Bolger's "no ifs, no buts, no maybes"… Video, Audio
Pensioners ask: Why can't I get US Social Security and NZ Super?
Pensioners who have moved from the United States say they are getting a raw deal when it comes to NZ Superannuation.
The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The Week in Detail: Karakia, retirement, Warkworth radio dish
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
AudioAustralian correspondent Jason Morrison
Jason Morrison from 7News in Australia joins us with the latest news from across the ditch. Audio
The audacious plan to link the US with Russia
The 'Strait Guys' follows George, and his protégé, Scott, as they join forces with Russian visionaries and dare to try the impossible by connecting the InterContinental Railway through Alaska, to the… Audio
Covid-19: Strong support for introduction of NZ curfew
Research NZ continues to take the pulse of the nation through the Covid-19 lockdown period. The latest survey shows that more people now fear they will lose their jobs, and more Kiwis think a 10pm… Audio
Covid-19: Kiwis now more concerned about becoming seriously ill
Research NZ continues to take the pulse of the nation through the Covid-19 lockdown. Emanuel Kalafatelis joins the show to reveal the results of the latest survey, which shows Kiwis are more worried… Audio
Why older people should be able to change their age
Should people who look and act younger than they are be legally allowed to change their age in order to avoid ageism and discrimination? Joona Räsänen is a bioethicist at the University of Oslo in… Audio
Should NZ's retirement age go up to 67?
Grey Power is branding the National Party's promise to raise the pension age to 67 if elected into Government as ridiculous.
It's something that former Prime Minister and National Leader John Key… Video, Audio
National's plan to raise pension age to 67 'ridiculous'
Grey Power is branding the National Party's promise to raise the pension age to 67 if elected into government as ridiculous.
It's something that former Prime Minister and National Leader John Key… Audio
Winston Peters admits superannuation overpayment
The New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has admitted to receiving overpayments in his pension. Overnight Mr Peters released a statement saying the Ministry of Social Development contacted him in… Audio
Crown says veteran's injuries not cobra venom but disease
A former soldier is in the High Court wanting his pension backdated to 1966, saying he should've been on a disabled soldiers pension since then. He blames his deteriorating eyesight on a cobra that… Audio
Nauru man loses pension after election appeal
A Nauru man has had his only source of income, his pension, cut off by the government.
