bill_english_3_1_0.jpg Bill EnglishOther political parties say Mr English is wrong to be considering changes, or that he needs to be more up-front about what those changes could be. Mr English was proposing changes to Super "without one economic fact at all to back it up", he said. With a net GDP cost of 3.8%, New Zealand Super was relatively affordable, he said. Mr Peters said New Zealanders were being "railroaded" into thinking that Super was unaffordable. Mr Peters said Labour "could not be trusted" because it had previously campaigned on a higher Super age and had introduced a surtax when last in Government.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 05, 2017 03:08 UTC