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2007 Review

The Retirement Commissioner is required "to review the retirement income policies being implemented by the Government and to report to the Minister by 31 December 2007 ..." (NZ Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001).

This page provides access to public documents relevant to the 2007 Review including the legislative requirements for the review and the terms of reference.

The 2007 Review Report

The 2007 Review of Retirement Income Policy report was released and tabled in the House of Representatives on 17 December 2007. The Retirement Commissioner issued a media statement to accompany this.

Download 2007 Review of Retirement Income Policy
- full report (PDF, 1.9MB)
- summary report (PDF, 640KB)

As part of the Review’s work programme a number of background papers were commissioned.

Submissions

Submissions were sought as input to the 2007 Review.

Background

Previous reviews of retirement income policy were conducted by independent review teams every six years. The last one was undertaken by the Periodic Report Group in 2003.

In 2003 the Act was amended giving future responsibility for the reviews to the Retirement Commissioner, and changing the frequency of the reviews to every three years. The first such review, under this new regime, is to be completed in 2007.