From Newsgroup: nz.general

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:13 +1300, Your Name wrote:

And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use
NZ Post.

The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches are
closing.
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NZ Post to withdraw services from 142 urban retail stores
as network overhauled

<https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-post-to-close-142-urban-retail-stores-as-network-overhauled/VU2JIQKV6JAF3HV2OYNELYV5UI/>


The article includes an 8-page list of stores that are being closed all
around the country.


And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use NZ
Post. Closing branches, raising prices, getting rid of street-side post
boxes, dropping delivery days, wasting money galore, ... the morons are
simply putting themselves out of business. :-\



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On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
are closing.

Simeon Brown <https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:

rCLYou know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
letters a year,rCY Brown said. rCLNZ Post has decided to change the
way it operates in response to that.rCY

ThatrCOs more than a 90% decline in business over that time. ThatrCOs got
to be brutal.
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On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:04:37 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
are closing.

Simeon Brown ><https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:

oYou know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
letters a year,o Brown said. oNZ Post has decided to change the
way it operates in response to that.o

ThatAs more than a 90% decline in business over that time. ThatAs got
to be brutal.

Correct Postal delivery is nearly dead. Courier delivery is not.
--
Crash McBash
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Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

NZ Post to withdraw services from 142 urban retail stores
as network overhauled

<https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-post-to-close-142-urban-retail-stores-as-network-overhauled/VU2JIQKV6JAF3HV2OYNELYV5UI/>

The article includes an 8-page list of stores that are being closed all >around the country.

And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use NZ >Post. Closing branches, raising prices, getting rid of street-side post >boxes, dropping delivery days, wasting money galore, ... the morons are >simply putting themselves out of business. :-\

Yes I see my local one is on the list. The closest is 2 km away
but don't try to take a car as there is virtually no parking.
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Crash <nogood@dontbother.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:04:37 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro ><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 06:48:21 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
are closing.

Simeon Brown >><https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360930036/nz-post-close-about-one-five-urban-retail-partner-store-outlets>:

oYou know, 10 or 20, years ago, I think there's over one and a
half billion letters back in 2000, that's now around 130 million
letters a year,o Brown said. oNZ Post has decided to change the
way it operates in response to that.o

ThatAs more than a 90% decline in business over that time. ThatAs got
to be brutal.

Correct Postal delivery is nearly dead. Courier delivery is not.

Nether is DX Mail. Most of the stuff we get these days is from them.
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On 2026-01-27 06:48:21 +0000, Lawrence D|Oliveiro said:

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:13 +1300, Your Name wrote:

And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to use
NZ Post.

The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches are closing.

Chicken and egg. You can't expect there to be customers when there are
no branches or street-side mailboxes for them to go to.

The same "fewer customers" excuse was claimed by banks for branch
closures, yet you go into any of the few remaining branches and there
is usually long queues!


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On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:37:26 +1300, Your Name wrote:

On 2026-01-27 07:04:37 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

ThatrCOs more than a 90% decline in business over that time. ThatrCOs
got to be brutal.

And *part* of that "90% decline" is due to the rapid decline of
actual service by NZ Post itself.

Which rCLpartrCY, do you think, being conveniently vague on actual figures?

20 years ago ...

- it only cost something like 50c to send a letter, now it's $2.90
(parcels have gone up even more).

Most of the rises have happened quite recently.

- mail was delivered to houses every weekday and Saturday, now it's
delivered twice a week if you're lucky.

Look at those figures: back then, people were receiving an average of
about a letter per day. nowadays itrCOs more like one in a couple of
weeks.

... management salaries and perks ...

Do I detect a serious case of Capitalism Envy?
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On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:39:23 +1300, Your Name wrote:

On 2026-01-27 06:48:21 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:37:13 +1300, Your Name wrote:

And then they wonder why fewer and fewer people are bothering to
use NZ Post.

The dropoff in customers happened first, which is why the branches
are closing.

Chicken and egg.

Not at all. There was this interesting phenomenon called rCLthe
InternetrCY.

Which came first -- the Internet, or the online shops making use of
it?

The answer is obvious.
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