Lifting the age of retirement

John Key is wrong if he thinks lifting the retirement age isn’t a matter for immediate consideration.

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7th July, 2012

I am appalled by the Prime Minister’s deferral of consideration of the age of entitlement for New Zealand Superannuation. Many think it should be raised from 65 years. Key said he was more focused on immediate issues than on longer-term ones. That is an appropriate attitude for a money-market dealer, who locks up each night to start afresh in the morning. It is not appropriate for a prime minister. One of the functions of government is to provide a long-term context for its people. They don’t want to wake up one morning to learn that the age of retirement has suddenly become a matter of ...

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