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Paul Smith: obsolescence in appliances and no repairers

09:37 am on 25 November 2018

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Dr Paul Smith, is head of testing at Consumer New Zealand. He says although we live in an age of gadgets and appliances, many don't last. And whole classes of appliances are now uneconomic to repair even once - it just makes more sense to buy a new one. He says that doesn't make sense and our landfills are suffering.