On 18 April, responding to Sarah Hall’s story on Newsroom about truck vendors, Kris Faafoi, the Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister, said there would be a consumer finance review looking at predatory practices.

The World Bank consistently ranks New Zealand as first out of 190 countries for ease of doing business, starting a business, protecting minority investors and getting credit. That is great for businesses, but we don’t provide the same safe and fair financial environment for our low income citizens.