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People tend to panic buy in times of crisis, often leading to big shortages.
Liam Dann: Is the ComCom a 22-year-old failure?
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New $10 block of cheese aces taste tests - will it kickstart a price drop?
A store-brand basic has been described as 'actually pretty yum' by a cheese connoisseur.
Consumer confidence ‘creeping’ back to life, says ANZ
Expectations for the housing market were the strongest in almost two years.
Power move: Whanganui woman saves Rugby World Cup viewing
'We were all annoyed about the timing but Val was the one who got on the phone.'
Household living costs accelerate, outstrip inflation
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Unhappy camper: Tourist who crashed campervan wanted compo for 'mental suffering'
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Brain drink or fancy juice? Start-up strives to prove health claims
Ambitious beverage startup faces criticism and regulatory turbulence.
Buyer beware: Why an auction house selling fakes can’t be stopped
A customer didn't want to pay up after learning $6000 worth of coins were fake.
'Evil' inflation cooled slightly in third quarter
New inflation figure below most market expectations.
Kiwis put clothes shopping on hold as interest rates bite
Card spending data shows economy slowing as higher interest rates bite.
US inflation eased slightly as price increases extend slow descent
Measures of US inflation barely declined in September.
Vero must pay $3.9m for ‘false and misleading’ statements to customers
Judge imposes nearly $4m penalty on insurer.
Urge to splurge dries out in new card spending data
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$160 rip-off: Cowboy cabbies target events - how this guy fought back
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Got AirNZ Covid credits? The arline has just announced a key update
Qantas waived expiry dates on credits last month. Will Air NZ do the same?
Big supermarket loyalty cards under fire from Consumer NZ
Foodstuffs rejects claim dismissing "loyalty".
Consumer Watchdog critical as Contact Energy hikes prices by 10pc
Price rise for around half the firm's customers. Move follows broadband price rise.
$478K in refunds for Slingshot and Orcon customers over undisclosed break fees
Payments, which follow High Court action, range between $149 and $250 per customer.
Sasha Borissenko: The loyalty cards tracking your almost every move
OPINION: A moment of silence for the million-odd Onecards scattered around NZ.
The Disputes Tribunal ruling that could get you out of a parking ticket
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Watchdog calls power-broadband deals ‘bundles of confusion’
Power companies respond. Plus: our telco czar's next two targets.
Sasha Borissenko: Supermarket reforms - is that it?
OPINION: New grocery code has fewer loosey-goosey contracts, but little else.
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Consumer watchdogs reveal your oven should last about 15 years.
Grocery Code of Conduct launched: Big fines on the cards over supplier treatment
Govt calling time on the coercive behaviour of the big supermarket chains.
Sick puppy: Dog breeder to pay up after selling canine with bad knees
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Agriculture and trade: MPI chief on new markets and priorities
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