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Cost of Living Increase 2012
Letters advising the April 2012 increase were distributed to eligible pensioners receiving a pension from the NPF DBP Annuitants Scheme in early April. The increase takes effect in the payment dated 26 April 2012.

 2012 Continuance Certificates
Continuance Certificates were sent to pensioners residing outside of New Zealand in early April.

Pensioners are requested to check the details on their certificate sign the certificate and have this witnessed before being returned to
NPF by 31 May 2012. It is important that the signed certificate is returned to NPF by this date to avoid interruption to payment of entitlements.

If you live outside of New Zealand and have not received your 2012 Continuance Certificate, please contact the Datacom NPF Schemes Administration team (see contact details below).

NPF Annual Reports 2012
The annual report package comprising the Chairman’s letter, member statement, Scheme Annual Report and NPF calendar is due to be mailed to members in early August 2012.  If you do not receive your annual report package by mid August 2012 please contact the NPF Administration Team (see contact details below).

 

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NPF Annual Reports 2011

The annual report package comprising the Chairman’s letter, member statement, scheme annual report and NPF calendar was mailed to members in August 2011.  If you did not receive your annual report package please contact the NPF Administration Team (see contact details below).

Employer Contribution Rate

In October 2011 letters were sent to Contributing Employers and members of the DBP Contributors and Aircrew Schemes advising that there would be no change to the employer contribution rate for the financial year commencing 1 April 2012.

Member Tax Credit

The annual Member Tax Credit claim has been submitted to IR for the year ended 30 June 2011 and payment received. Letters have been sent to members of the Pension National and Lump Sum National Locked-in Scheme informing them of the amount received on their behalf.  If you did not receive your letter please contact the NPF Administration Team (see contact details below).
 

Further Information
Further information about the NPF schemes, including copies of the most recent scheme annual reports, is available on the  NPF website, or by contacting Datacom.

You can make contact with Datacom by:

Email:   npfenquiries@datacom.co.nz
Phone:   04 381 0600
or:           0800 628 776

Postal address:   

NPF Schemes Administration
Datacom Employer Services Limited
PO Box 1036
Wellington 6140
New Zealand 

When writing please quote your NPF identity number.
Pension Payment Dates
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018  
5 Jan 3 Jan 2 Jan 1 Jan 28 Jan 26 Jan 25 Jan  
2 Feb 31 Jan 30 Jan 29 Jan 25 Feb 23 Feb 22 Feb  
1 Mar 28 Feb 27 Feb 26 Feb 24 Mar 23 Mar 22 Mar  
29 Mar 28 Mar 27 Mar 26 Mar 21 Apr 20 Apr 19 Apr  
26 Apr 25 Apr 24 Apr 23 Apr 19 May 18 May 17 May  
24 May 23 May 22 May 21 May 16 Jun 15 Jun 14 Jun  
21 Jun 20 Jun 19 Jun 18 Jun 14 Jul 13 Jul 12 Jul  
19 Jul 18 Jul 17 Jul 16 Jul 11 Aug 10 Aug 9 Aug  
16 Aug 15 Aug 14 Aug 13 Aug 8 Sep 7 Sep 6 Sep  
13 Sep 12 Sep 11 Sep 10 Sep 6 Oct 5 Oct 4 Oct  
11 Oct 10 Oct 9 Oct 8 Oct 3 Nov 2 Nov 1 Nov  
8 Nov 7 Nov 6 Nov 5 Nov 1 Dec 30 Nov 29 Nov  
6 Dec 5 Dec 4 Dec 3 Dec 29 Dec 28 Dec 27 Dec  
            31 Dec              
Pensions are paid free of tax. Since 1 April 1990 all NPF pensions have been paid free of tax.  Members are not required to declare their pension as income for taxation purposes to the New Zealand Inland Revenue.
Earnings certificates will be supplied on request as proof of income for Community Services Card, Disability Allowance etc. Please contact Datacom toll free on 0800 628 776 if you require an Earnings Certificate

Payment to an overseas bank account. If a member intends to reside overseas permanently their pension can be paid into an overseas bank account. If you are resident overseas, please notify Datcom in writing of your overseas address and overseas bank account details. 

Datacom mails identity and survival certificates to all NPF members resident overseas in around February/March of each year.  Members must complete and return the certificate to Datacom to ensure continuation of their pension payments.  Failure to return the certificate may result in suspension of the member’s pension.

Unclaimed monies.  NPF holds unclaimed monies for a number of members with whom contact has been lost. This money was contributed to an NPF scheme members but contact was lost when those members changed employment and/or address and did not keep the scheme administrator informed. If you would like to check whether NPF holds any unclaimed monies on your behalf, please click on the following link:  NPF website.