Tickets
Shake up in ticketing rules called for after festival disasters
Forking out big bucks for music festivals is always a risk, but some simple changes in regulations could make fans rest that little bit easier. Audio
What really grinds your gears? Top five consumer complaints
Gemma Rasmussen from Consumer NZ tells us the top five complaints that come their way from the New Zealand public - including one winter-specific suburban gripe. Audio
Why We Drive: Matt Crawford on car culture's essential survival
Philosopher, mechanic, and author Matthew Crawford's latest book Why We Drive: Toward a Philosophy of the Open Road gets under the bonnet of one of the few remaining domains of exploration, play and… Audio
The 'dark patterns' used by shopping sites to make you spend more
How many times have you made a rushed purchase online because you've been alerted to the fact that other people are making the same purchase? This is often due to 'dark matters.' Mohawk Media's Helen… Audio
Simon Cambers: Wimbledon season tickets selling for $150k
Wimbledon debenture tickets went on sale for the 2021-25 tournaments earlier this year at a price of NZ $150k. For that sum, fans can sit next to the royals and see 65 days of tennis over the… Audio
Viagogo investigation
We continue the discussion about ticket resellers today following the weekend's Bruno Mars concert that saw many people turned away at the door with fake tickets. Audio
Ticket scammers strike again
Another major concert in New Zealand has seen concert-goers left in the lurch once again due to dodgy ticket websites. Audio
Ticket rip offs
Jessica Wilson of Consumer NZ explains the murky world of ticket scalping and instantaneous website ticket sales. Why aren't things changing? Audio
Just the Ticket?
Local event listing company Eventfinda is challenging New Zealand’s ticketing status quo and going up against American-owned Ticketmaster and Australian-owned Ticketek, announcing this week that it… Audio
Whangarei buzzing ahead of Lions match tomorrow
It's been all go at Whangarei's Toll Stadium this week, with work crews installing big screens, temporary grandstands, security fences and media facilities for the teams of journalists arriving, ahead… Audio
Tickets from 3rd party website go missing
There seems to be an issue with people who have paid for tickets to see Bruce Springsteen in concert tomorrow at AMI Stadium not receiving those tickets. Audio
Fire truck parking ticket
A firefighter says being issued with a parking ticket when crew stopped to get some food was an over-the-top move by the parking warden. Audio
Two women auction off dates to rugby final
'The perfect blind date' - that's how two women are advertising the Super 15 tickets they're selling in an online auction this evening. Audio
