20 Sept 2007
BREDMEYER V THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HC WN CIV-2007-485-105
- Citation
- openlaw-1b830586_510d_4ede_8414_83c98adda26c.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Article 9.3 must be read to require an applicant resident in Australia to apply for and be assessed for the Australian age pension; the rate of New Zealand superannuation payable is determined with regard to the Australian age pension that would otherwise be nominally payable and if that Australian assessment yields nil due to failing the means test, the New Zealand payment is nil; therefore the Authority and Ministry decisions were correct.