MSD stops paying superannuation payments to pensioners who have been overseas for more than 26 weeks. After 30 weeks overseas, pensioners have to repay the entire 26 weeks’ worth of payments. The Ministry of Social Development is to case-by-case reconsider suspending superannuation payments for pensioners stranded overseas by border restrictions. At 30 weeks, they have to pay the entire 26 weeks back. OIA documents revealed the stress this policy imposed on stranded pensioners, with one writing: “I am so stressed I can’t think straight.

Source: Stuff June 21, 2022 23:53 UTC