A change of government means the age of eligibility for New Zealand’s public pension will stay at 65. Meanwhile, the UK hastens its state pension age increase to 68.
Life expectancy
New Zealand mortality hardly slows
A previous post showed how a slowdown in mortality improvements in some countries has caused researchers to look for the possible causes, with “austerity” as a leading suspect. This post shows New Zealand isn’t suffering from such a negative trend.
New Zealand Superannuation: age of eligibility and life expectancy
A conservative rationale for raising the age of eligibility of New Zealand’s public pension.