No Stupid Questions with Susan Edmunds KiwiSaver is Changing! What do you need to do? How will you benefit?
Mar 31, 2026
16:38
Over the six months or so that Susan has been answering your money questions, we've received many about life after retirement - and even more about KiwiSaver. April 1 sees change coming to the KiwiSaver scheme. The default rate of contributions will change, as will government and employer contributions. To mark these changes and to celebrate our 25th programme, this episode of No Stupid Questions with Susan Edmunds will be a KiwiSaver bonanza!
In this episode, Susan answers questions about:
- How likely is it for any government to remove the option of withdrawing KiwiSaver money to buy a first home?
- Should we transfer most of our money to a bank until the middle east conflict settles?
- Why do workers over 65 still not get paid KiwiSaver by some employers?
- What is going to be better in the long run, low fees or higher returns?
- If the age of entitlement to pension rises, will the age of eligibility for KiwiSaver also rise?
- Stuff is getting more expensive to buy. Why? And what's the solution?
- And when did New Zealand first attempt a major superannuation scheme?
If you have a money question you'd like Susan to answer, put it in an email or voice memo, then send it to questions@rnz.co.nz.