NZ Consumer Gurantee Act shouldn’t have to cover overseas purchases, how could it be enforced? The NZ government have no jurisdiction over the company that is selling the product you are buying overseas. Chances are that goods are bought from overseas because they are either cheaper, or it is not available in NZ. The risk you take is that it might be a piece of SHIT you are buying, that’s why it’s cheap!
Buyer Beware!
Exactly this. Why should the NZ Govt or Govt agency waste resources, trying to enforce NZ legislation overseas, to help someone who made an international purchase online? Be most probably useless trying.
Nanny state idea. Is totally buyer beware. You buy online overseas, you take on the risk.