Programme

- with photographs from the day

8.45 – 9.00      Welcome – Dr Susan St John, Co-director, Retirement Policy & Research Centre.

I         Historical background

9.00 - 9.30          Sir Roger Douglas (former Minister of Finance): The 1980s - levelling the tax playing fields for saving.

9.30 –

Sir Roger Douglas giving the first speech - below, the initial panel of speakers:

10.00        Jeff

Left to right: Sir Roger Douglas, Jeff Todd, Michael Littlewood, Murray Horn, Susan St. John.

9.30 - 10.00       Jeff Todd (former Chair, 1992 Task Force and 1997 Periodic Report Group): Task Forces in the 1990s and the political Accord.

10.00 - 10.30      Dr Murray Horn (former Secretary of the Treasury): A perspective on the policy process in the 1990s. 

II          Views from abroad

11.00 – 11.40      Angela MacRae: (Australia – former Secretariat Manager, 1992 Task Force).

11.40 – 12.20    Professor Gerry Hughes: (former Research Professor, The Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland)

12.20 – 12.40    Paul King: (Independent Consultant; formerly head of Corporate Development, HSBC Life & Pensions (UK) and ASB KiwiSaver distribution).

Chair: Jill Spooner (Actuary and former Senior Consultant, Mercer Human Resource Consulting)

III            Current developments

1.30 – 2.00 Dr David Skilling (Chief Executive, The New Zealand Institute): The role of retirement saving, including KiwiSaver, in the economy.

2.00 – 2.30 Dr Trinh Le (Economist, New Zealand Institute of Economic Research): Intervention in individual saving decisions

2.30 – 3.00 Michael Chamberlain (Actuary and director, Aventine Limited): KiwiSaver: the impact on the fund management/advisor sector.

3.00 – 3.15         Afternoon tea

Breaking for afternoon tea 

IV        The future of the New Zealand retirement income system

3.15 – 3.45         Hon Dr Michael Cullen: Minister of Finance.

The Hon. Michael Cullen takes questions - Chair Alison O'Connell formerly from the Pensions Policy Institute, UK.

Alison later gave a presentation that discussed the state pension age and new developments in measuring mortality. 

3.45 – 5.30         Panel contributions, discussions and reflections

Paul MacKay, Manager, Employment Relations at BusinessNZ: The employers’ view.

Andrew Little, National Secretary, EPMU: A union perspective.

Diana Crossan, Retirement Commissioner on the implications of The 2007 Review of Retirement Income Policy.

The final panel:

Left to right: Professor John Gibson, Paul McKay, Andrew Little, Diana Crossan, Alsion O'Connell

Professor John Gibson (Professor of Economics, University of Waikato)A reflection on the day’s proceedings – the implications of recent changes for certainty and security.