Fair Go
Fair Go: The best, and worst, of 2020
TVNZ’s consumer advocacy programme looks back on what’s been a long, strange year.
Can you tell the cheap from the not-so-cheap when it comes to Christmas staples?
Should you shell out extra for the expensive crackers or the fancy mince pies? Fair Go investigates.
Locked out of NZ because of Covid-19, family fights for seven months to find their way home
The Badenhorsts, who travelled to South Africa in early March to renew their passports, first spoke to Fair Go months ago as they continued to pay bills in NZ but couldn’t get in. A lot has happened since then.
Fair Go: Tip Top reveals environmental bread tags rollout for New Zealand
The old plastic tags will be replaced by recycled cardboard, which itself is recyclable.
Eleven-year-old Queenstown student sniffs out a solution for community’s dog poo problem
An unexpected consequence of lockdown was an increase in the amount of dog poo found on Queenstown's scenic walking tracks. Young Fair Go viewer Heidi Green was having none of it.
Young space enthusiast, 12, calls on NZ space officials to create better pathways for females
With a little help from Fair Go, Invercargill student Sophie Ineson, 12, raised her concerns with the New Zealand Space Agency, the Prime Minister and Rocket Lab.
Fair Go: Why is there so much air in a bag of potato chips?
Auckland classmates Olivia Pesaleli and Leiana Walker, both 11, wondered if we're getting bang for our buck. So Proper Crisps fronted up to give some answers.
Fair Go, Consumer team up to check viewers aren’t paying too much on their mobile phone plans
You might just be surprised at what we found when reviewing the mobile phone plans of viewers.
NZ Post’s rules for fragile parcels put to the test
NZ Post has regulations about what is and isn’t fragile, including a height parcels should be able to be dropped from.
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