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Fonterra recalls butter after metal found
Fonterra is recalling two of its products after two customers each found fine metal objects in...

Food, glorious food - but what a price
New Zealanders are now paying some of the world's highest prices for basic foods such as milk, chicken and eggs.

Consumer confidence plunges in new survey
Consumer confidence in New Zealand tumbled in the fourth quarter to the lowest level since the depths of recession in 2009.

End of the roll for shopping receipts
Experts are predicting paper receipts will be phased out and replaced with emails in the years to come.

Consumer Watchdog: The 12 scams of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me ... Here's the Herald on Sunday's list of a dozen schemes that'll empty your stockings if you don't take care.

Auckland off-site airport parks take off in popularity
A surge in off-site parking has made dropping yourself off at Auckland Airport an attractive option.

Consumer Watchdog: Cheap drugs
Some pharmacies are charging more than twice the standard price for prescription drugs.