New Zealand State Pension/ Uk Contributions

[dsvd]

I have lived and worked in the UK for over 10 years paying national insurance and tax. If I was to return to New Zealand can I get some sort of credit towards qualifying for the New Zealand State Pension for this time?

Thank you

[Peter Pedant]

I was gonna say for chrissakes the National insurance system is pay-as-you-go however the other way round, the answer is yes .... wow

conts in NZ cd count towards a UK pension
see
https://www.gov.uk/new-state-pension/living-and-working-overseas

and that leads you to

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-pensions-annual-increases-if-you-live-abroad/countries-where-we-pay-an-annual-increase-in-the-state-pension#countries-the-uk-has-a-social-security-agreement-with

as for asking the related question about NZ pensions and enhancements of UK contributions I think you have to ask the q in NZ / or on a NZ site

frankly I am amazed - bit of the imperial heritage there

[Jackdaw33]

Could you not just answer Yes or No?

[Peter Pedant]

um no Jack
if you read the question - can you transfer UK conts to a NZ pension

and I have dug out the answer to the question "can NZ conts count toward a British pension" - which you will notice if you Read the Question is the other way round but the answer is still a surprising 'yes'.

I found out the answer only because I know my way around the gov uk site
the info will be there somewhere on an NZ computer and I think the answer is a surprising 'Yes' as well but god knows where .....

[Baldric]

So you're saying you don't really know then PP?

[EDDIE51]

When you get your pension forecast from the DWP one of the questions is 'have you ever worked outside the UK?' If the answers is Yes , they tell you that pension 'contribution years' into foreign state ( not private) pension schemes count towards your UK state pension. You have to be able to provide proof of the contributions to claim. I had worked for 3 years in Zambia and paid into their state pension but I could not prove it.
Still had enough UK years to get my full pension though. The pension service operator I was speaking to said that it worked both ways, UK contributions count towards other state pension schemes. So yes dsvd it counts, but you will need proof of your UK contributions.

[Peter Pedant]

// So you're saying you don't really know then PP?//
yup


so you DO read my answers - and understand them Baldric
but then you say publicly that you dont... [coz it is funnier to say you dont when you do, you naughty naughty man ]

thanks eddie - I rather missed that somehow

and if there are reciprocal arrangements there is an implication that a similar system exists in NZ ....Friday is an amazing day for me

[EDDIE51]

You can get a letter stating your UK IN contribution record from the DWP.
That can be used to prove contributions, it would be a good idea for you to get one dsvd.

[THECORBYLOON]

This from a New Zealand Government website so it should answer your question if you are looking still,
http://www.workandincome.govt.nz/pensions/travelling-or-moving/social-security-agreements/united-kingdom.html