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On the Money
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KiwiSaver – be careful what you wish for

ANALYSIS: Part three of a series examining how much you need to save for retirement.

Australian research on retirement saving provides some valuable lessons for New Zealand.

In my last column, I looked at the opportunity cost of saving for retirement. Today I will cast a critical eye over some of the claims made by the local investment sector in their lobbying to move KiwiSaver closer to the Australian pension model – in other words, with higher contributions,

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Brent Sheather Sun, 01 Mar 2026
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