Hundreds Of Pensions Affected By IT ErrorSusan Edmunds, Money CorrespondentAbout 200 pensioners have had the amount they receive in NZ Super affected this week because of a problem with the Ministry of Social Development's IT system. Paula Ratahi-O'Neill, the ministry's general manger of centralised services, said it was working urgently to fix a fault that affected people receiving overseas pensions. It has caused a small group of people to have their NZ Super payments incorrectly assessed. "We estimate that around 200 clients receiving overseas pensions have been affected. Advertisement - scroll to continue readingSome overseas pensions that are deemed to be similar to New Zealand's system offset NZ Super.