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“Green” sunscreen company warned over product claims
Monday, 19 September 2016, 2:14 pm | Consumer
Makers of a children’s sunscreen marketed as “organic” have been warned by the Commerce Commission following a complaint from Consumer NZ. More >>
Don’t expect much from cheap solar stick lights
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 10:27 am | Consumer
Solar-powered garden lights might be easy to install – you just stick them in the ground – and cost nothing to run, but Consumer NZ’s test of 25 outdoor lights found the cheapest ones only put out pitiful amounts of light. More >>
Fisher Funds takes out People’s Choice award
Tuesday, 28 June 2016, 11:07 am | Consumer
Fisher Funds, the largest New Zealand-owned and -operated KiwiSaver provider, has been named Consumer NZ’s 2016 People’s Choice award winner for KiwiSaver. More >>
Mystery shop finds beautians wrongly removing skin lesions
Wednesday, 15 June 2016, 10:39 am | Consumer
A Consumer NZ mystery shop found seven beauty clinics willing to remove a raised skin spot, when our undercover shopper should have been sent to a GP. More >>
Many kids’ cereals still high in sugar
Saturday, 11 June 2016, 11:22 pm | Consumer
Cereal manufacturers aren’t getting the message their kids’ products are too high in sugar. A Consumer NZ report has found sugar levels have changed little since it last looked at these products in 2013. Six cereals had even more than they used ... More >>
Funeral insurance comes at high price, Consumer NZ warns
Tuesday, 7 June 2016, 2:53 pm | Consumer
Consumer NZ chief executive Sue Chetwin says funeral insurance has been heavily promoted but the lifetime costs of this product are seldom disclosed. More >>
Consumer NZ warns of scam targeting tradies and clients
Friday, 27 May 2016, 4:17 pm | Consumer
Hackers are getting access to builders’ email accounts and altering bank account numbers on invoices before they reach the builder’s client. The client, expecting the invoice, pays the bill and may only realise they have been defrauded when the ... More >>
Can an appliance be cheap as chips and reliable?
Tuesday, 24 May 2016, 2:15 pm | Consumer
How much do you need to spend to get a reliable dishwasher? $1000, $2000, even more? It might not be as much as you think, according to the latest appliance reliability survey from Consumer NZ. More >>
Bank profits sore point for customers, Consumer survey finds
Thursday, 19 May 2016, 4:35 pm | Consumer
Eighty-two percent of Kiwis believe the profits banks make show they’re charging too much, Consumer NZ’s latest bank satisfaction survey has found. More >>
Antibiotic resistance focus of World Consumer Rights Day
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 4:46 pm | Consumer
Consumer organisations around the world are calling on major fast-food companies, McDonald’s, KFC and Subway, to make a global commitment to stop serving meat from animals raised with the routine use of antibiotics important to human medicine. More >>
LG and Apple mobile phones win Consumer NZ award
Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 4:08 pm | Consumer
Apple and LG are winners of the 2016 Consumer NZ Top Brand awards for mobile phones. More >>
Consumer NZ names People’s Choice Award winners
Tuesday, 23 February 2016, 11:09 am | Consumer
Skinny Mobile and Inspire Net are the latest winners of Consumer NZ People’s Choice awards. More >>
Cheap sunglasses can provide good UV protection
Tuesday, 22 December 2015, 10:57 am | Consumer
Protecting your eyes from the sun doesn’t have to cost the earth. A Consumer NZ test of 60 sunglasses, ranging in price from $2 to $270, found cheap sunnies that provided UV protection as good as that provided by expensive pairs. More >>
Consumer supermarket survey puts prices under the spotlight
Monday, 7 December 2015, 10:19 am | Consumer
Consumer NZ’s annual supermarket price survey has put Pak’nSave in the lead for budget buys. More >>
Consumer NZ names Top Brand ovens and espresso machines
Wednesday, 2 December 2015, 9:41 am | Consumer
Bosch, Breville and Miele are the latest winners of 2015 Consumer NZ Top Brand awards. More >>
Fraud Awareness Week - targeting scammers
Monday, 16 November 2015, 10:20 am | Consumer
Ever been told you’re the lucky winner of a competition you never entered? Or had a call from the tax department about a big refund heading your way? The caller just needs to confirm a few personal details … like your credit card number. Fraud Awareness ... More >>
Top international award for NZ plain language expert
Monday, 21 September 2015, 11:10 am | Consumer
Lynda Harris has received the prestigious Christine Mowat Plain Language Achievement Award at a conference in Dublin, Ireland. The award recognises Lynda’s exceptional contribution to advancing plain language at local, national, and international levels. ... More >>
Jetstar opts-in to travel tricks
Monday, 13 July 2015, 5:12 pm | Consumer
Consumer groups say travellers risk being shanghaied by the airlines into costly automatic opt-ins during the online booking process. More >>
Big power companies lag behind in customer satisfaction
Tuesday, 7 July 2015, 10:57 am | Consumer
Big power companies received the lowest ratings for customer satisfaction in Consumer NZ's latest annual survey. More >>
93 percent ticked off with Jetstar
Monday, 22 June 2015, 10:39 am | Consumer
A Consumer NZ survey found 93 percent of respondents want Jetstar to stop using pre-ticked boxes for travel insurance, seat selection and check-in baggage. More >>
