NZ Herald News 12+

It be right or wrong all I ask for on behalf of all Nzers be they White,palagi,pakeha, NZ Maori ,Pacific Islanders, asians from all over the planet and not to forget our European cousins is to give the people what they want and it’s the truth the whole and nothing but the truth. And for this I congratulate you on your articles relating to the underbelly that we have here in our land of the long white cloud and ask if their are stories that aren’t on the premium page where we can continue to read stories like the ones your team are creating as I pen this email. Well just thought I’d ask as I’m sure that you do have some that you may think about releasing...just a thought🥸

I write the review below some time ago but nothing seems different except that eventually I but the billet and subscribed. Now under each heading on the app I see need that is under the ‘premium’ heading also. I assume it means that premium content is eventually released to everyone however on the app, there is nothing new under ‘premium’ unless you manually refresh by pulling downwards. I also don’t get why, as a premium user, I still get adverts masquerading as stories in my feed or, in the case of short videos embedded in stories, why I have to sit through an advert. Isn’t that why I pay fir Premium? Finally, last night the app just stopped working so I deleted it but this morning when I tried to download the new version I was told I couldn’t download st this time. Great work NZ Herald! ——————————————————————————— Nice one NZH. Diverted to the App Store this morning to update my version. On getting to the App Store the new version just prompts me to Open’ and when I do, all I get is a back background and your logo ie nothing happens. By the way, I looked at your new website today and almost anything that wasn’t rubbish was premium content. I’m not subscribing to read poorly written articles by your journalists as I see too many grammatical errors, spelling errors and complete lack of knowledge about how to correctly structure a sentence when using a subject and an object. I just won’t go to your website anymore and I’m now deleting the app.

The New Zealand Herald App and offerings have improved over the years. There are fewer grammatical mistakes, nonsensical sentences or repeated paragraphs; and the content has improved IF you’re willing to pay. However, I personally find the ‘premium’ pricing to be ridiculous. Instead of constantly having specials bring the regular price down! $6 a month would be reasonable and would attract more customers, helping to balance out the reduced revenue. IMO it would also prevent people from cancelling their subscription once they have started - it’s easy to forget about a $6 monthly charge but much harder when it’s 4x that amount!

The worst part about the premium system IMO is that they do not allow nonpaying customers to comment - even on free articles! Why? If you have an account and can read the article, you should be able to share your opinion.