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Best of 2025: How easy is it to live off the pension?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 13 Jan 2026, 3:30pm
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Best of 2025: How easy is it to live off the pension?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 13 Jan 2026, 3:30pm

Nearly a million people in New Zealand are currently receiving Superannuation, getting payments of between nearly $600 and just over $1000 every fortnight.  

But in this cost of living crisis, how easy is it to survive on the pension? 

Ed McKnight tried living on it for a week and came to a couple of conclusions around what it would be like to retire. 

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