Consumers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 Jul 2020 00:50:36 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Consumers - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Consumer NZ slams funeral insurance firms over prices https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/07/23/consumer-nz-funeral-insurance/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 07:52:09 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=128980 Consumer NZ is slamming funeral insurance as predatory and overpriced after an 85-year-old woman paid nearly $19,000 dollars for a policy worth $10,000. Customers are losing money on the products and a change to the law is overdue, it says. Read more

Consumer NZ slams funeral insurance firms over prices... Read more]]> Consumer NZ is slamming funeral insurance as predatory and overpriced after an 85-year-old woman paid nearly $19,000 dollars for a policy worth $10,000.

Customers are losing money on the products and a change to the law is overdue, it says. Read more

Consumer NZ slams funeral insurance firms over prices]]> 128980 Vatican asks consumers to be aware of fisheries conditions https://cathnews.co.nz/2015/11/24/vatican-asks-consumers-to-be-aware-of-fisheries-conditions/ Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:07:44 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=79152 The Vatican has asked consumers to be conscious of the human and labour conditions of people working in the fishing industry. In a 2015 World Fisheries message, Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio said that in order to restore the dignity of the work of fisheries, all social forces had to work together. He called for the Read more

Vatican asks consumers to be aware of fisheries conditions... Read more]]> The Vatican has asked consumers to be conscious of the human and labour conditions of people working in the fishing industry.

In a 2015 World Fisheries message, Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio said that in order to restore the dignity of the work of fisheries, all social forces had to work together.

He called for the proper implementation of laws and conventions to protect the human and labour rights of fisheries workers.

He also urged seafood companies to implement policies to eliminate human and labour exploitation in their supply chains.

The cardinal appealed to consumers to be vigilant and more conscious not only of the quality of the seafood that they are buying, but also of the human and labour conditions of those in the fishing industry.

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