Te Ara Ahunga Ora Retirement Commission
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Nov 4, 2026
Steve McKnightHOST
And in this instance, they're on very different pages, yeah? But this is common.
Steve McKnightHOST
So the Commission for Financial Capability, what is now called the Retirement Commission, they went out and did a survey of over 3,000 people And one in five Kiwis say that they have had relationship problems because of money.
Steve McKnightHOST
Now, the interesting thing about this is when you look at the households who are earning a lot of money above average, so people earning... $150,000 to $200,000 a year in their household.
Steve McKnightHOST
It is still 21% of people.
Laura MarwickHOST
What's the influence of personality in those choices?
Ayesha ScottGUEST
Yeah, well, I mean, certainly the work that we're talking about today and our commissioned piece of work, the money personality quiz for the Retirement Commission and Sorted, you know, this was about looking at not the most important personality traits, but the most usable personality traits that would be helpful for someone wanting to learn more about how they think, feel, believe in and around money.
Ayesha ScottGUEST
So when we talk about financial literacy, knowledge and skills is one part of that puzzle.
Ayesha ScottGUEST
experience is another.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
And I imagine it tails off dramatically, does it?
Martin HawesGUEST
Yes, Retirement Commission did some work on this some years ago.
Martin HawesGUEST
There's an old financial planning benchmark which says that in retirement you spend 75% of what you used to spend before retirement.
Martin HawesGUEST
Now, I always get audiences not to write that number down because it's not standard and it's not continuous.
Martin HawesGUEST
It's not all the way through.
Martin HawesGUEST
In fact, the Retirement Commission found that On retirement, the first few years of retirement, people's expenditure actually went up because they could afford to do stuff and they could afford to travel and that sort of thing.
Martin HawesGUEST
But then it gradually starts going down and then right towards the end, it pops back up again as you move into some kind of care.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
Look, we'd love your calls, by the way, 0800 80 1080.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
And I imagine it tails off dramatically, does it?
Martin HawesGUEST
Yes, Retirement Commission did some work on this some years ago.
Martin HawesGUEST
There's an old financial planning benchmark which says that in retirement you spend 75% of what you used to spend before retirement.
Martin HawesGUEST
Now, I always get audiences not to write that number down because it's not standard and it's not continuous.
Martin HawesGUEST
It's not right all the way through.
Martin HawesGUEST
In fact, the Retirement Commission found that on retirement, the first few years of retirement, people's expenditure actually went up because they could afford to do stuff and they could afford to travel and that sort of thing.
Martin HawesGUEST
But then it gradually starts going down and then right towards the end, it pops back up again as you move into some kind of care.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
Look, we'd love your calls, by the way, 0800 80 1080.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
And I imagine it tails off dramatically, does it?
Martin HawesGUEST
Yes, Retirement Commission did some work on this some years ago.
Martin HawesGUEST
There's an old financial planning benchmark which says that in retirement you spend 75% of what you used to spend before retirement.
Martin HawesGUEST
Now, I always get audiences not to write that number down because it's not standard and it's not continuous.
Martin HawesGUEST
It's not all the way through.
Martin HawesGUEST
In fact, the Retirement Commission found that On retirement, the first few years of retirement, people's expenditure actually went up because they could afford to do stuff, they could afford to travel and that sort of thing.
Martin HawesGUEST
But then it gradually starts going down and then right towards the end, it pops back up again as you move into some kind of care.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
Look, we'd love your calls, by the way, 0800 80 1080.
Emma McLeanHOST
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Rhiannon McKinnonGUEST
Retirement Commission, or maybe picked up, that's not by the A lot of that work has continued with the Retirement Commission as well, which I'd be really pleased to see.
Rhiannon McKinnonGUEST
And when I left Kiwi Wealth, which was about three years ago, one of the things that I really still had a bee in my bonnet about was women and wealth, you know, retirement gaps and how we could do a better job in that area.
Rhiannon McKinnonGUEST
So while I've built up different businesses and pursued different interests, The thing that's always been at the back of my mind is how do we do better to make sure that we end up, you know, in a really just a more equitable kind of retirement.
Susan EdmundsHOST
This week we're doing things a little differently.
Susan EdmundsHOST
We're joined by David Boyle, who is the new retirement commissioner.
Susan EdmundsHOST
He's going to help us answer some of your retirement-ish and KiwiSaver-y questions.
Susan EdmundsHOST
Welcome, David.
Susan EdmundsHOST
I don't know how you'd do this.
David BoyleGUEST
Look, it's, um, it's really interesting.
David BoyleGUEST
When, you know, I guess I'm in a, in, in a great role where I can see what other jurisdictions are doing in this space, and obviously being a retirement commissioner, it's something I keep top of mind most days.
David BoyleGUEST
The, you know, a lot of countries look at, uh, provisioning differently for their, I guess, their citizens' financial wellbeing in retirement.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
Yeah
Stephanie PowGUEST
... which is run by the Retirement Commission, I like it, it's independent, unbiased, it's really there for financial education.
Stephanie PowGUEST
You can go through and see what funds are available for the type of risk that you wanna take.
Tim BeveridgeHOST
Do they also have information on apps?
Nicola WillisGUEST
Yes, on one condition, that there is honesty from Labor about the fact that the current settings are not going to be sustainable for the next 30 years.
Barbara EdmondsGUEST
And this is where the Retirement Commission comes in, who will be a very important part of that conversation.
Jack TameHOST
Right.
Jack TameHOST
Okay.
Nicola WillisGUEST
Yes, on one condition, that there is honesty from Labor about the fact that the current settings are not going to be sustainable for the next 30 years.
Barbara EdmondsGUEST
And this is where the Retirement Commission comes in, who will be a very important part of that conversation.
Jack TameHOST
Right.
Jack TameHOST
Okay.
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