Zemanvoa, may I ask how people manage with payment of their British pension in NZ? I understand that it can be payable in NZ but you don't get any rises as UK residents would. Is there any way around this e.g. having the pension paid into a UK bank account thereby giving the impression that you are still in the UK or is it just a case of having to grin and bear the fact that your pension will stay at the same amount until your demise? Seems a bit unfair for those of us who have religiously paid into the pension scheme during our working lives, the same as the UK people, but would lose out when it comes to payout time. If the pension could be paid into a UK bank account it wouldn't cost the relevant pension department any more than for someone still in the UK. I recently read about a court case in which the issue of lack of increases was contested but it was deemed not to be unfair and was thrown out. I don't know any further details as to reasons why the government thinks this way.

Sorry, I'm only assuming that you are of pensionable age, but maybe I'm wrong :icon_redface: