New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001

Status: ✅ Approved    Version: 2.0

Field	Value
ID	GUARD-GOV-027
Category	Governance
Subcategory	regulatory-compliance
Type	policy
Owner	Ministry of Social Development; The Treasury
Approved by	—
Approved date	—
Review due	—

Description

New Zealand legislation establishing the legal framework for superannuation entitlements, the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, the Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, and the Retirement Commissioner. Administered by the Ministry of Social Development and The Treasury, it defines age and residential qualifications, payment structures, fund management, and oversight mechanisms for retirement income.

Source document

New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 | New Zealand Legislation

Last fetched: 2026-04-21

Related guardrails

• GUARD-GOV-022 — Social Security Act 2018 — New Zealand Legislation
• GUARD-GOV-023 — Residential Care and Disability Support Services Act 2018 (NZ)
• GUARD-GOV-021 — Social Welfare (Reciprocity Agreements, and New Zealand Artificial Limb Service) Act 1990

Change history

Version	Date	Author	Summary
2.0	2026-04-21	auto-generated	Updated source URL, content hash, and last_fetched timestamp from external_url source. Enhanced tags to include nz-legislation, public-act, and fund-governance for better discoverability and alignment with governance framework taxonomy.