OUR MISSION
Our goal is and has always been simple: to make being a New Zealander consumer as easy as possible.
We started out small and focused mainly on home services, but as our team grew through the years, we branched out to making reviews even for things like B2B services.
Today, we cover just about every service you can get in our beloved city, sifting through them to find the cream of the crop.
New Zealand Digest’s team
Our staff have several things in common with each other. The most important of these common denominators would be that we’re all local and believe in getting our money’s worth.
Here are some of our reviewers
Bianca Tremblay
Contributing Editor
Bianca is a web designer who switched to editing as one of the founding members of our team. As someone who grew up in a low-income household, she has a frugal mindset that has served us well over the years, especially in terms of value-to-cost assessments in our reviews.
Lilia Carone
Staff Writer
Lilia Carone speaks and writes proficiently in both English and Italian and has worked on a lot of translation and localisation projects. She’s also one of our most dedicated reviewers, often tipping the team off whenever she finds a new business or service worth assessing.
Nic Sharkey
Staff Writer
A writer, poet, photographer, and explorer, Nic Sharkey moved to our city from Australia after he fell in love with the area and its photogenic beauty. When he’s not investigating businesses for us, he’s usually in his photography studio.
Ozair Khan
Staff Writer
An Electrical and Computer Engineering major, Ozair Khan is also a creative writer who has been mentored by no less than David Adams Richards. He combines skills learned in both fields when producing his detailed and carefully considered reviews for us.
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How do our reviewers work?
Mainly, with a lot of research, both on the ground and on paper. We visit the businesses themselves, try out the services, conduct polls with other consumers, and drown ourselves in spreadsheets when comparing service providers.
We also apply a strict set of standards to ensure we find the top choices each time.
How do we make money?
New Zealand Digest is reader-supported as we may sometimes earn commissions if you avail of a service provider’s offerings by clicking a link from our site.
That being said, we do not sell reviews. We maintain our integrity by recommending only products we genuinely judge worthwhile and criticising those we think to be bad-value.
Want to ask or tell us something?
It doesn’t matter if it’s criticism, disagreement, or a query—we always welcome notes from our fellow New Zealanders. You can contact us through the form here or through support@aucklandmagazine.com.
