Product safety alerts

Caution urged over magnet toys

Product safety alert

Warning over unsafe ladders sold online

Product safety alert

Parents warned over ‘button battery’ dangers

A battery the size of a button can cause significant and potentially fatal injuries in as little as two hours.

Bunk beds not meeting standards

Product safety alert

Caution urged over ‘bling’ baby dummies

Product safety alert

Chain flail attachments for brushcutters

Product safety alert

Super-absorbent polymer beads

Product safety risk from super-absorbent polymer beads.

Government considers laser pointer ban

Ministry of Health invite submissions on hand-held laser pointers.

Booster seat law change

Mandatory age for child restraints is raised to seven.

Ban on the sale of unsafe multi-purpose ladders

Minister of Consumer Affairs Simon Bridges announces ban on unsafe multi-purpose ladders

Ban on sale of high powered magnet sets

Consumer Affairs Minister announces ban on sets of small high powered magnets.

Dangerous power plug adaptor banned

The Ministry of Business, Employment and Innovation (MBIE)bans a power plug adaptor that poses a risk of electrocution.

Inaccurate baby bottle markings

Consumer Affairs and Ministry of Health warn that some low-cost feeding bottles have inaccurate markings.