20 Feb 2026

Consumer NZ urging govt to ban card surcharges

From Checkpoint, 4:10 pm on 20 February 2026

A consumer advocacy group is urging the government to stay the course and ban card surcharges. Surcharges on credit card and contactless payments are estimated to cost New Zealand shoppers up to 65 million dollars a year. The government had pledged to scrap them, but the proposed law is stalled. Consumer NZ's campaign manager Jessica Walker spoke to Lisa Owen.