Subj : NZ Post to end rural parcel, newspaper deliveries on Saturdays
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From : News Person
Date : Mon Apr 08 2024 01:29 pm

NZ Post will no longer deliver newspapers and parcels to most rural areas of
the country on Saturdays from June this year.


From June 29, there will no longer be newspaper and parcel deliveries to
rural addresses on Saturdays across most of rural New Zealand, apart from 17
rural delivery runs that would be phased out by June 2025.


Chief operating officer Brendon Main said services to rural areas on
Saturdays are "not commercially viable".


"We deliver very low volumes of items on these days, and it costs us more to
deliver on Saturdays than we earn from the products we deliver."


Impacted customers could expect a written notification about the change from
NZ Post and newspaper subscribers were advised to contact their service, he
said.


Rural customers who hold PO Boxes and receive deliveries through the NZ Post
Box Lobby service would also be affected and would receive a letter.


Main said NZ Post was "going through a period of transformation" and
responding to declining mail volumes and growth in e-commerce while working
toward commercial sustainability without government funding.

"We need to make some hard decisions about our future and the services we
offer as we evolve to meet the needs of New Zealanders.


"We are continuing to invest in growing an unmatched delivery business, while
managing a transition to a commercially sustainable mail delivery service as
we move toward a single network for mail and courier delivery as announced on
26 March 2024."

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