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    New Zealand pension.

    in Australia & Oceania Topics and Events

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    Enjoyed reading all the above. I'm Kiwi currently on the NZ/AUS agreement and living in Australia.  When I lived in Chiang Mai I received 472/540 proportional rate of portable NZ Super and NZ paid me the rate of living with someone which is less than the living alone rate. I questioned them and they said they always pay the lower rate.  Just after some advice. Thanks 

    Australia/New Zealand Pension

    in Home Country Forum

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    I am a retired Kiwi on NZ Super, my husband who is also retired is an Australian receiving Centrelink pension and we have been living in Thailand for over 12 months.   Prior to Thailand we were living in NZ.   My husband’s super gets paid into our NZ bank account as does mine.   I am happy with my NZ Super but Centrelink take 50% of my NZ Super, count it as income against my husband and they have reduced his pension payments since December 2017.   I say that it’s wrong, we are being penalised.    Centrelink say the rules changed 1 July 2017.   If we were both an Australian couple living in Thailand we would both be in receipt of a couple pension rate and would not be penalised.    I would be interested to know if any other Kiwi/Aussie couple are experiencing anything similar and what did you do about it.   Knowing Centrelink I don’t think anyone wins.  

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