Pegasus Post: October 05, 2023

Thursday October 5 2023 3
Eastgate mall ATM
charges anger users
ERROR: At the weekend customers using the new ATMs at Eastgate Mall were informed
they would be charged a $7.50 transaction fee.
AN ATM machine screen error
led to public outcry over the
weekend and has now forced the
machine’s company to apologise
for the mistake.
People took to social media to
express their shock after using
newly installed ATM machines
at Eastgate Mall.
They were informed while
using the machines, operated
by Next Payments NZ, that they
would be charged $7.50 for each
transaction.
A plan to organise a gathering
to protest the threatened usage
charges, calling the charges
“disgusting” and “criminal”.
But on Monday morning,
Next Payments NZ confirmed
the charge was an ATM screen
error - caused by having a wrong
file loaded on the screen files.
General manager Wibo
Basoma, said the issue was
addressed and resolved.
Basoma said all transactions
were checked by the company
and no customer had been
charged any of the advertised
fees, all transactions were
“processed at a zero fee”.
However, he did confirm
the ATMs would only be
fees-free for the first three
months of their operation
before a standard fee of $2.80
per successful cash withdrawal
would be introduced.
The fee would allow Next
Payment to “deliver continued
support for all cardholders
to access their bank account
and perform either a cash
withdrawal or balance inquiry at
a safe and secure location” at the
shopping mall.
Basoma apologised to the
public for the screen error and
said the company regrets the
mistake.
“Next is sincerely apologising
to all cardholders and
management at (the mall).”
The city’s history
with a camera
THE SEARCH is on once again
for unique photos that tell the
stories of Christchurch.
The annual Christchurch City
Libraries’ photo hunt started this
week and will run alongside the
city’s heritage festival.
The photo hunt aims to gather
and preserve photographs from
across the community, along
with the unique stories of their
creators. The theme this year is
‘Our Stories of Living and Learning’.
Susan Hanham won last year’s
photo hunt with a portrait of
herself and her sister Catherine
during the 1974 Commonwealth
Games at Queen Elizabeth II
Park.
Hanham recalled the Commonwealth
Games being a “really
big deal” for the city. Her mother
had sewn special clothes in the
games’ colours.
“Mum handled the finances
in our family, and she always set
money aside in a tin, called the
fun tin. So, in this instance we
got to go to the opening of the
Commonwealth Games in our
‘special’ games outfits.”
Acting head of libraries and information
Erica Rankin said the
hunt aims to highlight the key
moments in the city’s history.
“We find the photo hunt
incredibly valuable in preserving
these stories for our future generations
to learn from and enjoy,”
she said.
“We have many stories, from
Ngāi Tahu and other iwi, European
settlers, Pasifika and people
of many ethnic and cultural
backgrounds who have made this
place home.”
Submitted photographs will be
showcased on the Discovery Wall
at Tūranga, and as part of the
permanent heritage collections at
Christchurch City Libraries.
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