The redesign took place under a National government. Superannuation was initially paid from the age of 60 years, but cutbacks were made throughout the following decades.[i]
Footnotes
[i] go to main content McClure, Margaret, ‘A Badge of Poverty or a Symbol of Citizenship? Needs, Rights, and Social Security, 1935-2000’, in Bronwyn Dalley and Margaret Tennant, eds., Past Judgement, Dunedin, 2004, pp. 151, 192.; Margaret Tennant, The Fabric of Welfare: Voluntary Organisations, Government, and Welfare in New Zealand, 1840–2005, 2007, p. 151.