Dear Robert Latimer,

Thank you for your email received 28 July 2014, under the Official Information Act 1982. Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate officials at National office to respond. You may expect a response to be sent to you as soon as possible.
 
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Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive Services
Ministry of Social Development

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From: Robert Latimer [mailto:[OIA #1844 email]]
Sent: Saturday, 26 July 2014 9:26 a.m.
To: OIA_Requests (MSD)
Subject: Official Information Act request - Dutch State Pension and New Zealand Superannuation

Dear Ministry of Social Development,

On 25 July I participated in a Benefits Review Committee hearing in Orewa.

During that hearing, Margaret Denton of your International Services Division stated that the Chief Executive of the Ministry had made a decision to "defer" that portion of the Dutch State Pension that was attributable to voluntary contributions made after the person in question left the Netherlands.

The information that I have indicates that the decision was actually to "exclude" that portion of the Dutch State Pension from the deduction from the New Zealand Superannuation benefit.

Please provide the documentation that supports Ms Denton's assertion.

Yours faithfully,

Robert Latimer

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Dear Robert Latimer,

 

Please find attached the Ministry's response to your requests of 26 and 27
July 2014.

Regards

Official and Parliamentary Information team   |  Ministerial and Executive
Services

Ministry of Social Development

 

 

 

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