488 days ago

Poll: Do you pay extra for contactless payment?

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Surcharges might be the top reason customers avoid payWave, but businesses say skyrocketing costs are pushing them to pass on the charge.

Hamilton shop Variety World didn’t have www.waikatotimes.co.nz...
|a surcharge| during the first three months after opening, but soon realised they were losing money on some products due to the transaction charge due to their banks.

Do you pay extra for contactless payment? Tell us your reasons in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Do you pay extra for contactless payment?
  • 15% Yes
    15% Complete
  • 36.7% Sometimes
    36.7% Complete
  • 48.3% No
    48.3% Complete
60 votes
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7 hours ago

Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

🎉 2026 is almost here!

We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?

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Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
  • 8.6% Yes! New Year, New Me
    8.6% Complete
  • 22.9% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
    22.9% Complete
  • 68.6% Nah - not for me
    68.6% Complete
35 votes
13 hours ago

From rugged campsite to 7.5ha resort

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Grant Kilby has always loved camping. His mum was director of health at the YMCA, and he would attend YMCA camps in the school holidays. “I think it was mandatory that I was there,” he jokes.

He went on camping holidays with his parents, and later, took his own kids.
“Camping’s been in my blood.”

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7 days ago

Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!

Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?

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Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
  • 78.7% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
    78.7% Complete
  • 21.3% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
    21.3% Complete
1232 votes