In February we wrote about John Key’s comments when asked about poverty and food banks in New Zealand, i.e. that beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own “poor choices” rather than because they cannot afford food. This may be of interest to you if you are considering emigrating to New…
Another cautionary tale about rip off prices during the 2011 Rugby World Cup has emerged. Ceana Priest, writing for the Waikato Times said that Waikato motels have been warned not to price gouge ahead of the RWC: Waikato Motel Association president Mike Ward said hiking up room rates during peak demand was a “bloody rip-off”…
Beck Vass, writing in today’s Herald, has highlighted the astronomical prices some New Zealand hotels are quoting for rooms during next year’s rugby world cup. The paper cited a quote of $2,400 per night which the Novotel in Christchurch gave to a tour operator, who was too embarrassed to tell his clients that hotels were…
Tickets for the U2 360 concert in New Zealand sold out within an hour of release this morning. In true, 100% pure rip- off NZ fashion, people who had no intention of going to the concert bought multiple tickets with a view to selling them off to fans for a massive profit. Within minutes of…
It could be the ‘world cup effect,’ or just a coincidence, but there has been a lot in the media recently about New Zealand promotional goods not actually being made in New Zealand. Two different stories have cropped up in the last few says which makes us wonder if there are moves afoot to clean-up…
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