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Please note that we have reproduced text from other websites and sources, particularly from the Retirement and Research Centre of the University of Auckland and letters from New Zealand politicians, the major political parties' websites, and media articles about overseas pensions. So please do not mix up our views with those expressed by sources quoted in our texts.


Ruth Humphrey, Bob Stevens and John Albers have given written permission for their speeches held at the Overseas Pension Forum in Auckland to be edited and reproduced on this website. Other personal stories have been written by the respective authors explicitly for this website and must be clearly quoted as such in any kind of reproduction. When we have written or edited the personal stories of others, e.g. Malcolm Larsen, Jan McKeogh and Donna LaFauci, these stories have only been published after being double-checked by these persons and receiving their consent.


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The photos of the American flags are courtesy of the German artist Ulrike Franz, currently living in Reutlingen, Germany (as of November 2021) and formerly in Tuscaloosa, USA. If you are interested in her paintings and other artwork, please check her website http://www.ulrikefranz.de/.

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23.11.2021