Archive for April 2020 announcements

Help Kiwis in need

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 4:00pm, Fri 24 Apr 2020

Today we’re re-launching our Kindness Store to team New Zealand up with the following awesome charities to help Kiwis in need:

• Women’s Refuge
• Age Concern
• City Mission (Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch)
• Salvation Army – The Foodbank Project
• Red Cross
• Variety – the Children’s Charity

We’ve filled the Trade Me Kindness Store with things these great charities need right now to offer support to their communities. All you need to do is purchase one (or more) of the items listed.  More...

COVID-19 update: Trading at alert level 3

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 9:30am, Wed 22 Apr 2020

Following the Government’s recent announcement that we’ll be moving to alert level 3, there will be some changes to our services.

The safety of our members is still our top priority. All members must follow the Government’s restrictions and our COVID-19 safe trading guidelines.

Trading changes for alert level 3 More...

Homemade face masks now banned

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 1:30pm, Wed 15 Apr 2020

From today, homemade face masks are not able to be sold on Trade Me. This is after Medsafe raised concerns with us about their effectiveness.

For more details of this change, please see our updated 'Banned and restricted' list.

COVID-19 update: changes to our services

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 2:00pm, Thu 9 Apr 2020

Updated: 2:00pm, 9 April 2020

We know this is a really difficult time, and we’re here to help. 

Following the Government’s latest guidance, anyone can now buy and sell essential items in these approved essential categories during alert level 4. More...

We’ve sold our LifeDirect business

Written by The Trade Me team in General at 4:30pm, Wed 1 Apr 2020

We’ve sold our LifeDirect business to LifeDirect 2020 Limited.

What’s changing?

• From today, LifeDirect will be owned and operated by LifeDirect 2020 Limited.
• The business has been sold as a going concern, and service will continue uninterrupted for existing customers.
• We’ve transferred LifeDirect related customer information to LifeDirect 2020 Limited so they can continue to provide great services.
• We've removed references to LifeDirect from our privacy policy, to reflect the change of ownership.
• Customers won’t need to do anything as a result of this change.

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