Media Statement

Hon Peter Dunne
MP for Ohariu
Leader of UnitedFuture

Thursday, 27 October 2011


Dunne: Labour’s 67 Super policy ‘same lame thinking’

Labour’s leaked move to increase superannuation eligibility to 67 by 2033 fails on two key counts, UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne said today.

“First, it tries to solve a problem that is not there, and second, if it was there, the solution would not be two decades of timidity,” Mr Dunne said.

“We have the same old parties having the same old debate between 65 and 67, but if you make KiwiSaver compulsory, there will simply be no 65 or 67 issue.

“Make KiwiSaver compulsory and you have a sustainable situation where you can then give New Zealanders full choice on when and how they retire with UnitedFuture’s Flexi-Super policy.

“Flex-Super would then allow people to take their superannuation at a reduced rate from 60, or at an enhanced rate each year they delay taking it up until 70, if they so choose,” Mr Dunne said.

He said that at a time when Labour should be providing innovative alternatives for New Zealanders to consider, they were delivering “doctrinaire, uninspired and ill thought-out dross”.

More detail on Flexi-Super can be found at www.unitedfutureorg.nz/senior-citizens

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Authorised by Hon Peter Dunne MP, Parliament Buildings, Parliament, Wellington

Hon Peter Dunne
MP for Ohariu /Leader of UnitedFuture
Minister of Revenue/Associate Minister of Health
Visit our website at www.unitedfuture.org.nz

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