Submissions and presentations
View our submissions and public presentations that cover various aspects of retirement, superannuation, ACC, and tax policy in New Zealand.
Presentations
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Document Description: Susan St John was a guest speaker to the 1st Annual Pension Conference hosted online by Pensión Research & Consulting: Building Gold Standard for Private Pensions, 14th September 2023. She outlined how the features of the unique pension's framework of a secure, adequate, basic income (New Zealand Superannuation) and a well-designed auto-enrolment scheme KiwiSaver are potentially good for women.
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PIE presentation 2023-1: NZAG Provider Consensus for Flourishing in Aged Care. Size: 240.7 kB.
Document Description: Dr M. Claire Dale, PIE Honorary Research Fellow and Research Fellow in the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, is part of a small multi-disciplinary team that has begun a research project to investigate aged care providers’ perceived requirements to ensure their clients flourish. Ethics Approval from the University of Auckland included protection of participants’ identities, ensuring their ability to speak freely during the interviews. An unexpected consensus on essentials for flourishing in aged care was revealed.
Submissions
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PIE Submission: Review of the Retirement Villages Act 2003. Size: 198.7 kB.
Document Description: M. Claire Dale appreciated the opportunity to submit on this overdue review of the Retirement Villages Act 2003 and accompanying regulations. The ageing population of New Zealand is growing rapidly. The retirement village (RV) industry has responded to this growth – between 2012 and 2021 there was a 24% increase in villages, from 343 to 425, and a 65% increase in unit numbers, from 21,815 to over 36,000. There is significant variety in the size of RVs, the facilities they provide, and the costs and contracts they offer. Currently, of approximately 900,000 New Zealanders aged 65+, around 50,800 live in retirement villages.
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PIE submission: 2024 KiwiSaver changes in Tax Bill.. Size: 331.5 kB.
Document Description: The Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023–24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill makes some changes for some parents on Paid Parental Leave. The submission argues the option chosen amounts to tokensim and will have very little impact on the identified problem of the gender pensions gap.