New Zealand's weekly whinge. Consumer affairs that blends investigative journalism and good advice to ensure Kiwis get a fair go.

New Zealand's weekly whinge. Consumer affairs that blends investigative journalism and good advice to ensure Kiwis get a fair go.

New Zealand's weekly whinge. Consumer affairs that blends investigative journalism and good advice to ensure Kiwis get a fair go.

Fighting back against cold callers; help for a disabled woman stung by a tradie; and are reversing drivers always to blame?

We challenge two families to slash their power bills this winter. Can you match what they do?

This family's dream holiday was such a filthy nightmare it got Garth Bray investigating the risks of booking holiday homes online.

Patients caught in the cross-fire with health insurers, working on websites and how not to get scalped at the Bledisloe Cup.

Panel beaters taking your cars for a joy ride and find out what happens to unclaimed goods.

Auctions, call waiting, and taking on the towie.

Downsizing, unit pricing and how to fight back when your shopping shrinks. Also, how do women's mags get away with those headlines?

An insurance company's broken promise and the tape recording that says so much. Can the police ticket you on the word of another motorist? Join us on the journey to sort your money life out once and for all.

If the worst happens - How's your insurance cover? Can sunlight really crack a double-glazed window? Council wrong, Motorist right.

Debt collecting, Bailiffs and civil court orders. Contracts in plain English, and Christmas savings schemes.

New Zealand's weekly whinge. Consumer affairs that blends investigative journalism and good advice to ensure Kiwis get a fair go.

Tonight on Fair Go; The difference between "free" and "no cost", renting issues and radio microphone changes that will affect 30,000 users. Plus, what does the property squeeze mean for those struggling to get on the property ladder?

New Season: Tonight on Fair Go; Detox diets, a ridiculous compensation offer and financial advice for a family going backwards.

Sipping on a flat white while you use the cafe's free Wi-Fi to surf online? It's all good right? Well think again.

Fair Go social media special!

Episode one features the ‘Secrets of Selling’. Marketing gurus and super sellers, like Suzanne Paul, reveal some of the tricks of the trade and ‘Why We Buy’ put some of their techniques to the test. Also in this episode, ‘Why We Buy’ looks at what’s really going on at the supermarket – why when you go in for bread and milk you come out with a trolley-full.

Dancing pom pom Granny cheer leader from Los Angeles Phyllis Wanger.

Man, red sports car, girl with a hose.

Television commercial "What a wonderful feeling" performed by Louis Armstrong, (Satchmo)

Why do we buy? Is it out of need, want or desire? Do men and women shop differently? Simon Morton explores our rampant consumerism and finds out if retail therapy really is a therapy.

Simon Morton examines the power of the brand - and why we choose one over another. From hip-hop with break dancer Sheeq, to high-fashion with socialite Gilda Kirkpatrick, he looks at what the brands we choose say about us.

Choice is a wonderful thing - unless of course all the options blow your mind and send you screaming out of the shop. Simon Morton investigate how much choice is too much and unwraps the secrets of packaging - how what we see can get us to buy.

How do they reach us? Simon Morton looks at advertising and how a successful ad survived a rocky conception. Also, what marketers want to know about you and some surprising ways they have of getting that information.

In an hour-long series finale Simon Morton conducts a real life retail experiment - what will it take to turn around a shop that should be booming but it’s not. Can the owners of a struggling shoe store right in the heart of the Auckland fashion district transform their fortunes with the help of two experts from the ‘Why We Buy’ series.

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

[‘Not my work’ - Kiwi artist wants mural removed] For more than two years, a mural on Ashburton’s tallest building has been on display for locals, sporting all the trademark features of Kiwi artist Hayley King, aka Flox, but she says she wasn’t paid for the work. [Immobiliser stops mum of five’s car moving over repayment issues] Budget adviser Christians Against Poverty think immobilisers shouldn’t be used for debt collection. [Buyer beware: Avoiding the fishhooks of online shopping] Drop shipping is an online business where the person you’re buying from doesn’t hold any stock.

[Vast majority of mixed recycling from public bins ends up in landfill] Fair Go’s Gill Higgins finds out how much recycling from the publicly funded bins ends up at the dump. [Pair lose close to $2m in sophisticated scam] Police approached Fair Go in a bid to get the message out about the scam, which has changed the lives of two people for the worse. [Mum of seven left chasing refund for Xmas hamper that never arrived] Leanne was determined to put on a Christmas Day to remember for her kids, but was left furious by Hampers 4U’s failure to deliver. [Fair Go’s tips for avoiding flood-damaged second-hand cars] More flood damaged cars are hitting the market – here’s how you can spot one.

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

Join Pippa Wetzell, Hadyn Jones and the Fair Go team as they stand up for the underdogs and consumer rights!

On Fair Go, we take on an insurance giant to try for answers on incontinence cover, a book already published without permission or knowledge, and some holey t-shirts.