PremiumOpinionOpinion byDiana ClementYour Money and careers writer for the NZ Herald·NZ Herald·30 May, 2026 09:00 PM4 mins to readDiana Clement is a freelance journalist who has written a column for the Herald since 2004. Before that, she was personal finance editor for the Sunday Business (now The Business) newspaper in London.Pensions continue to underpin retirement security in New Zealand. Photo / Getty ImagesCalling Gen X, Y, and Z. Will there be NZ Super when you retire? The answer is almost certainly “yes”. The idea of paying pensions to older folk, may grind your gears now.
But New Zealand would be an international outlier if older people were cut off cold.
