The Hard Stuff With Nigel Latta - The Retirement Bomb

Television (Full Length Episode) – 2016

What stupid person invented stools?
– Nigel Latta finds mounting a cafe stool tricky in his 'old age' suit

I've had people come to me and say when we come into Bunnings and need some information, we always look for the grey heads.
– Seventy-three-year-old Laurie on age being a plus in his job at Bunnings

We live for today don't we — we live for the moment, we overestimate the importance of now, and we underestimate the importance of tomorrow, I mean it's a very human thing to do...
– Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell on our 'live for today' mindset

It doesn't matter if it's fair or not. Life's not fair, right? By choosing to stay in New Zealand I've effectively said that I'm willing to bear this burden, if that means I get to have the other benefits of living in New Zealand. I think what's called for is perhaps some respect and acknowledgement of the role that today's younger generation play in making that transition, They do bear a financial burden: this demands respect, perhaps even gratitude.
– Thirty-something Ryan Greenaway-McGrevy on being part of a generation who are paying for retirement twice over

Oh my god...that's terrible because that looks like me and that's freak...okay. That's just too weird.
– Presenter Nigel Latta reacts to his old age prosthetic makeup, at the start of this episode

Tauranga is the Florida of New Zealand, our retirement capital. It has the highest average age in the country.
– Nigel Latta on the old age capital of New Zealand

So in the past it was kind of slippers and pipes, and now it's camper vans and boats...
– Nigel Latta on the mindset of baby boomers heading into their golden years

There's no point in giving money to people who have lots of money. Universality is a wonderful idea if everybody puts loads in and everybody take some out but we've got the worst of both. We don't put enough in but we give universal access.
– Economist Shamubeel Eaqub argues that superannuation should be means-tested, Stuff, 21 February 2020