Ryan Bridge: How do we possibly save for retirement?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Oct 22, 2025 · 2m · transcript

Massey Uni releases these numbers each year.

They tell you how much you might need to retirement.

In the city... two people in a house... want to live comfortably... need $1 million.

$450,000 in the provinces.

Now, you then start working backwards. In terms of you're net worth.

Depending on your age, you may not be able to rely on the pension.

Some government will eventually means test it or change the age or cut it back. It's inevitable.

So there's a shortfall you're probably going to have to fill.

KiwiSaver contributions need to go up. And they are. Slightly, from 3 to eventually 4%.

But…