Belinda Castles
Researcher
Belinda studied nutrition and marketing and in her many years at Consumer she’s analysed more food labels than she cares to count. Since becoming a mum, Belinda is passionate about restricting the marketing of food to children and educating parents to make healthier choices for their kids, and is Consumer NZ's resident sunscreen expert.
Nick Gelling
Product Test Journalist
Nick can’t decide if he prefers words or numbers, but he’s a big fan of both. He helps consumers understand technological products, so they don’t get swindled when buying a new computer or camera. When he’s not looking at a screen, Nick loves theatre and live music. Kei te ako ia i Te Reo Māori.
Kate Harvey
Content Manager
Having worked in newsrooms throughout New Zealand and Australia, Kate leads our team of journalists at Consumer NZ. Kate loves the challenge of turning our research and test data into engaging content that helps our members save time and money.
Vanessa Pratley
Investigative Journalist
Vanessa thinks writing for Consumer is a great way to help others and to engage in the areas she’s passionate about. These include fashion and sustainability, climate change and the ins and outs of the law. In her spare time, she considers herself a bit of a history buff, an amateur gardener, and loves sewing her own clothes.
Chris Schulz
Investigative Journalist
Chris is a veteran journalist with more than 20 years of experience at some of the country's biggest news sites, including Stuff, NZ Herald and The Spinoff. His favourite topics to cover involve unfair trading practices, scammy business owners and supermarket duopolies, as well as the people trying to do good things against the odds. When he's not trying to save money on his grocery bill (he has two teenagers at home) or get out of paying for parking, you'll find him in the kitchen or at a music festival.
Rebecca Styles
Research Lead
Joining the Consumer team has combined Rebecca’s love of research, writing and helping people. She’s worked in public and research libraries, communications and studied creative writing. Her mission is to research topics that matter to consumers, helping them tell a real deal from a fake and make sustainable choices. Outside of work, she’s a New Zealand literature geek, writes the odd book review and walks her dog on local tracks.
Bryan Wall
Product Test Journalist
Bryan has a background in product design and is passionate about the way products look as well as the way they perform. He has designed a wide variety of products in his career, from tools to remove car windscreens, methadone delivery devices for recovering drug addicts, automated toilets, and scale model aircraft for Sir Peter Jackson. He sees writing for Consumer NZ as a huge opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of consumers in this country, by advising them how good design can improve their lives.