Financial Literacy 2011, the third biennial one day summit hosted by the Retirement Commission,  brought together over 200 participants and speakers from New Zealand and overseas. The summit addressed the four focus areas of the revised National Strategy for Financial Literacy - developing quality, extending delivery, sharing what works and working together.
The summit was held on Tuesday 21 June in Wellington.

The three international speakers, who joined the summit via video link, were Olaf Simonse, Project Leader of CentiQ in the Netherlands, Tony Hobman, Chief Executive of the Money Advice Service in the UK (formerly the Consumer Financial Education Body) and Annamaria Lusardi, Professor of Economics at George Washington University School of Business in the USA. 

Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan provided an overview of what is happening in New Zealand.

Click on the links to the key points and themes, presentations and photographs from the day.