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Consumer magazine Autumn issue cover 2025.

  • Tips for smarter overseas travel
  • Pros and cons of using a travel agent
  • Get the best travel insurance: costs and policy details surveyed
  • Supermarket suppliers' struggles working with supermarkets
  • Best way to use your phone and access money overseas
  • Qantas or Air NZ: which is cheaper for crossing the ditch?
  • Are NZ's consumer laws ready for AI?
  • Reviewing seafood 'green' claims, our latest test results and much more.

Coming up in our next issue:

  • Find the best car, house and contents and insurance with our survey
  • Is there lead hiding in products and food you buy?
  • Best and worst loyalty cards
  • How to navigate the GP system
  • Best and worst power companies
  • What's wrong with New Zealand's energy market?
  • EV myth busting, our latest test results and much more.


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