Social Development Minister Paula Bennett. Photo / Janna Dixon
A North Shore woman has sent the Government a refund for part of her pension.
Social Development Minister Paula Bennett received a cheque for $9300 this week and a letter from the woman saying she had been receiving national superannuation for the past year.
"However, as I have also been
in employment, I do not think I should accept all of it, particularly as the country's financial situation is not good. Hence the attached cheque of $9300," the letter said.
New Zealand Super is universal to everyone who is 65 and the rates are the same no matter whether the person receiving it is poor or a millionaire.
A single person living alone is entitled to super payments of $339.92 a week or $17,675.84 a year - although that is about to go up with the annual adjustment on April 1.
