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Staying safe online: Why a pet’s name isn’t a good password
Think of a number between 1 – 10… It’s a well documented phenomenon that a lot of people will have chosen 7. People...
Why Kiwi Mobile is shaking up the mobile industry
Stop wasting money on unused mobile data! Did you know Kiwi’s collectively spend around $400 million every year on unused mobile data? Shocking,...
Group Mobile Plans: Yay or Nay? A Kiwi’s Guide to Shared Plans
So, you’re keen to suss out whether a group mobile plan is worth it? Well, grab a cuppa and settle in, ’cause we’re...
All the different savers
The Kiwi Mobile Choice plan is flexible, fair and designed to save you money. You don’t need to worry about running out of...
Understanding the Choice plan
The Kiwi Mobile Choice plan is a whole new way to mobile. It’s different to what you have seen before and designed to...
Why is Electric Kiwi not taking new Electricity customers?
Updated 24th July 2024 Electric Kiwi has made the decision to stop accepting new electricity customers due to extremely elevated wholesale energy prices....
Introducing Peaky Bank
With Peaky Bank, you’ll get paid $2/kWh to reduce your usage when things get peaky. What do you mean by “peaky”? The electricity...
Meet Our Electric Kiwi Juice Hacker
Have you ever wondered how coding can change the way we manage power? We’ve been on a mission to find out! Our Juice...
Breaking Up with Your Broadband Provider Shouldn’t Be Hard to Do
At Electric Kiwi, we like keeping things simple and fair. But we’ve noticed a problem in the broadband industry that’s making things tricky...
How our MoveMaster customers are saving money on a time-of-use plan
We asked our MoveMaster customers to share their tips and techniques on shifting their power usage to save on their power bills. These...
Why time-of-use plans are good for all Kiwis
With a time-of-use (TOU) plan, the cost of your electricity varies based on the time of day. You have a rate for peak...
Make the most of load shifting with Smart Home Devices
First of all, what’s a smart home? A smart home is a house that uses smart gadgets and technology to make life easier....
How to save money on your power bills with load shifting
By shifting your power usage to off-peak hours, you can reduce the strain on New Zealand’s power grid and you’ll be more likely...
App 2.0 is here!
We’re all about making things better – and our Electric Kiwi app was long overdue for some TLC, so we’ve revamped the app...
Big Four Gentailers Profiting at the Expense of Kiwi Households
The electricity market in New Zealand has been making headlines lately, and it’s not for the right reasons. The big four ‘gentailers’ (those...
We are back on Powerswitch
So great news, we have resolved our differences regarding fees with Powerswitch and we are back on the site. We were able to...
We’ve claimed the coveted crown of Canstar’s Most Satisfied Customers award for electricity!
We pride ourselves in delivering the best service to our customers – after all, our mantra is to ‘make it better’. With that,...
The STEM student we’re supporting this year
What kind of person appears in your head when you imagine a hacker? Are they male or female? In the movies, all the...
How to save on your power bills this winter
Winter is just around the corner, and you know what that means – hot toddies, skiing holidays… and unfortunately higher power bills. With...
This is how we can lower your power bill, by saving on water heating
Water heating is one of the biggest contributors to home energy bills, not helped by the fact that most hot water cylinders in...