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A rule change should make it easier to access someone's KiwiSaver account when they die.
KiwiSaver money becomes part of an estate after a person's death. When they have a will, it is distributed according to the wishes of the will.
A partner may have a claim to it as relationship property, too.
If there is no will, the KiwiSaver money still forms part of their estate, but is distributed according to the legal formula for intestacy. This gives money to spouses, children, parents and other relatives, roughly in that order.
Public Trust principal trustee Michelle Pope said p
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