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Podcast: Saturday Morning with Jack Tame
Episode: Best of 2025: Ed McKnight unpacks how easy it is to live off the pension
Description: Nearly a million people in New Zealand are currently receiving Superannuation, getting payments of between nearly $600 and just over $1000 every fortnight.  But in this cost of living crisis, how easy is it to survive on the pension? Ed McKnight tried living on it for a week and came to a couple of conclusions around what it would be like to retire. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.