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Don’t get caught out by fake government calls
Friday, 29 July 2016, 10:08 am | Consumer NZ
The recent wave of scam phone calls falsely claiming to be from government agencies have diversified, with a range of nationalities now apparently being targeted. “These phone scammers call out of the blue saying they are from a trusted government agency ... More >>
Heartland Seniors Finance becomes Consumer Trusted
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 10:53 am | Consumer NZ
To become Consumer Trusted, a business must meet Consumer NZ’s strict code of conduct that focuses largely on consumer law such as the Fair Trading Act and Consumer Guarantees Act. A business must show it exceeds the minimum requirements of the law. More >>
Skinny Mobile becomes Consumer Trusted
Monday, 11 July 2016, 11:55 am | Consumer NZ
Skinny Mobile is the latest business to be accredited under the Consumer Trusted business programme. More >>
Consumer NZ names TSB Bank as People’s Choice award winner
Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 10:35 am | Consumer NZ
Taranaki stalwart business TSB Bank has won the 2016 Consumer NZ People’s Choice award for banking. More >>
Consumer NZ welcomes Jetstar’s backdown on opt-out pricing
Thursday, 17 March 2016, 11:59 am | Consumer NZ
Jetstar has been forced to back down on opt-out pricing. The airline yesterday signed formal undertakings with the Commerce Commission agreeing to stop pre-ticking boxes for travel insurance, seat selection and check-in baggage. More >>
Gyms Risk Breaching Unfair Terms Ban
Thursday, 4 February 2016, 3:30 pm | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ is calling on gyms to get their membership contracts into shape. A Consumer NZ review of contracts found many contained terms unfairly weighted in the gym’s favour that risk breaching the Fair Trading Act. Consumer NZ chief executive Sue ... More >>
Telco call centres under fire, Consumer NZ survey finds
Wednesday, 3 February 2016, 12:09 pm | Consumer NZ
In an industry that’s all about telecommunications, Consumer NZ members find it hard to get the big players to answer the phone. More >>
Winners announced in the 10th annual Plain English Awards
Friday, 20 November 2015, 10:05 am | Consumer NZ
International consultancy Castalia was the big winner at the 2015 Plain English Awards held at Wellington’s City Gallery tonight. It’s the second time Castalia has taken the prestigious Plain English Champion—Best Organisation award in the 10 ... More >>
Top stores - voted by consumers
Friday, 13 November 2015, 11:39 am | Consumer NZ
Home appliance and technology store 100% Appliances, and hardware and DIY store Mitre 10 have been awarded Consumer NZ’s 2015 People’s Choice Awards. More >>
Home-grown secret to multi-purpose cleaning
Friday, 6 November 2015, 11:43 am | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ put 16 cleaners to the test and found only one to recommend. Surprisingly it found a home-made mixture of baking soda and white vinegar cleaned better than most manufactured cleaners. The home-made option ranked third, beating out 13 other ... More >>
Companies receive Consumer Trusted accreditation
Thursday, 15 October 2015, 2:23 pm | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ is delighted to announce electricity provider Flick Electric Co. and hearing health care provider Triton Hearing have received Consumer Trusted accreditation. More >>
Looking for New Zealand's best and worst documents
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 3:08 pm | Consumer NZ
It’s that time of year again when we’re looking for website pages or documents that left you scratching your head. We want the best and worst documents or webpages you’ve come across for entry into the People’s Choice category of the annual ... More >>
Consumer NZ survey reveals the most reliable appliance brand
Wednesday, 3 June 2015, 3:48 pm | Consumer NZ
Products may have become more complex in the past decade but their reliability hasn’t suffered according to the latest Consumer NZ survey. Since our annual appliance reliability survey started in 2006, the overall results have been trending up. More >>
Consumer says ditch the ticks
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 10:09 am | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ is calling on Jetstar to stop confusing customers and ditch the use of pre-ticked boxes that risk misleading people into paying for extras. More >>
Time for a sunbed ban
Thursday, 7 May 2015, 10:21 am | Consumer NZ
A Consumer NZ mystery shop of 60 sunbed operators found more than 40 percent failed to implement key safety checks. One operator also allowed a 14-year-old to use a sunbed, despite the industry’s voluntary standard restricting sunbed use to people ... More >>
Help comes for elderly UFB customers
Friday, 1 May 2015, 9:05 pm | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ has negotiated a deal with Slingshot to provide cheaper services to the residents of Marshall Court Apartments in Miramar, Wellington. More >>
Consumer NZ campaign targets unfair contract terms
Monday, 16 March 2015, 1:50 pm | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ has launched a campaign to target the use of unfair terms in consumer contracts. Chief executive Sue Chetwin said the “Play Fair” campaign was being launched to coincide with a ban on unfair terms which takes effect from 17 March ... More >>
Enough of the 'in-salts'
Friday, 13 March 2015, 2:32 pm | Consumer NZ
Helping consumers make healthy food choices is the focus of this year’s World Consumer Rights Day (March 15) and Consumer NZ reckons highlighting the salt content of foods Kiwi kids love, is a good place to start. More >>
Consumer, Cancer Society call for outright ban on sunbeds
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 5:11 pm | Consumer NZ
Consumer NZ and the Cancer Society are calling for an outright ban on commercial sunbeds. More >>
Putting our trust in the best
Thursday, 5 February 2015, 4:25 pm | Consumer NZ
Our most recent survey of mobile providers found 2degrees was the stand-out performer. It’s ranked highly for the past three years. It scored above average in all of the customer-service ratings. Further, in terms of value for money it scored 79 percent ... More >>
