Stop telling young people NZ Super is unaffordable
It’s hard to make young people care about New Zealand Superannuation. I should know. Read more
18 December, 2018
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Tweak NZ Super to recognise hard work
Meet Jim. Jim first started paying taxes when he was 12 years old and picked up a lawn mowing job. Read more
15 December, 2018
Hard spirits
It was during the discussions of measuring spiritual capital that the ghost of Sir John James Cowperthwaite hovered near. The shade whispered in my ear, “When I was Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, I refused to collect economic statistics for London. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
11 December, 2018
Letting us help
Community sponsorship helps Canada accept far more refugees than the government’s quota could accommodate on its own. And it looks promising for New Zealand as well. Read more
Dr Eric Crampton
7 December, 2018
Super model needs a face-lift
Like many young people, I have long been told that New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) is unaffordable, and to prepare for a future without it. Yet both major political parties have avoided touching the issue. Read more
7 December, 2018
Making our superannuation fairer
Jenesa Jeram talks to Jim Mora about her new report on NZ Superannuation, stating that our pension age needs to rise and it should be linked to health expectancy. The report points out that New Zealand is one of the few countries that has a non-means-tested pension. Read more
6 December, 2018
Media release: NZ Super affordable, but pension age should rise
Wellington (4 December 2018): New Zealand’s universal pension system is worth celebrating but could do with small tweaks to the model as the population ages, finds a new report titled Embracing a Super model: The superannuation sky is not falling, which was released by think tank The New Zealand Initiative. The pension age must rise and be linked to health expectancy, recommends Research Fellow Jenesa Jeram, to maintain a relevant relationship between retirement and receipt of superannuation. Read more
4 December, 2018
Jenesa Jeram on The AM Show
Jenesa Jeram discusses on The AM Show our new report Embracing a Super model: The superannuation sky is not falling. The report finds that New Zealand’s universal pension system is relatively affordable but could do with small tweaks as the population ages. Read more
4 December, 2018
Embracing a Super model: The superannuation sky is not falling
New Zealand is one of a handful of countries to offer a universal non-means-tested benefit, payable from the age of 65 until death. Commentators insist that with an ageing population, New Zealand Superannuation (NZS) is unsustainable. Read more
4 December, 2018
Sipping from the free-trade Kool-aid
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade must have a psychedelic drug in its watercoolers. How else does one explain MFAT’s new consultation on the pipedream of a future free-trade agreement between New Zealand and the UK? Read more
Dr Oliver Hartwich
30 November, 2018