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Fair Go: How safe is your open home?
A Christchurch real estate company accidentally disclosed details online that allowed anyone to get inside their clients’ homes.
Fair Go: Fisherman charged $550 to repair ‘water-resistant’ phone that didn’t survive river photos
The company used “kind of evasive language”, but there is a difference between water resistant and water proof, said a consumer tech expert with BusinessDesk NZ.
Should it be legal for hair salons to charge a woman more for a simple trim than a man?
Liz Winterbee of Richmond, near Nelson, told Fair Go it shouldn’t be. And she’s not alone. The nation of Denmark, for one, agrees with her.
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.
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