[2018] NZSSAA 41 (14 August 2018) [pdf, 300 KB]
...granted NZS. She applied to include XXXX in her NZS entitlement as a non-qualifying spouse (NQS) because he did not meet the residency requirements to qualify for NZS in his own right. In February 2014, when XXXX completed a personal details form, she declared that her pension was RMB 570 per month, approximately NZD 26. The Ministry accepted her declaration and assessed the appellants’ income as being below the threshold for deduction. [5] The Ministry cannot locate its re...