20 Mar 2024

The retirement age in Aotearoa, should it go up?

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 20 March 2024

Should the age of age of eligibility for national superannuation be raised? And if so when?

It's long debated issue and is back on the agenda at a retirement super summit in Wellington this week.

It's been organised by the Retirement Commission and will include economists, politicians and social policy experts.

Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson speaks to Jesse about the hot topic of raising the age of retirement.

A super gold card held in someone's hands.

Photo: RNZ / Kim Baker-Wilson