Vodafone NZ to become One New Zealand

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#2974070 28-Sep-2022 11:45

I suppose that I had better start planning to change my cellphone number now as any change to this company generally sees one or more of its product offerings disappear. Like the T-Box, Paradise email (I am still finding this email address buried in an odd accounts on the net), Voda TV, what will be next, I'm guessing my cellphone service in the interests of efficiency. /sarc

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#2974076 28-Sep-2022 11:57

PolicyGuy:

It seems to me that "One New Zealand" ought to be the brand of some vaguely sinister right-wing political party.
But maybe that's just me
LOL

It was!

The One New Zealand Party was a small political party in New Zealand. It was partly modeled on the Australian One Nation party, founded by Pauline Hanson. Its primary focus was on matters such as the Treaty of Waitangi, but its wider platform was broadly paleoconservative or producerist. It strongly opposed the policies of the government at the time, accusing it of giving special privileges to Māori and of undermining the concept of "one law for all". It claims that the policies amount to a form of apartheid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_New_Zealand_Party

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#2974100 28-Sep-2022 12:13

@antonknee:

Also keen to hear more on this “One Plan” 👀

Seems "coming soon" - max speed, unlimited data for $80/month.

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#2974113 28-Sep-2022 12:38

One is a stupid name and a stupid logo. I hope they didn't pay too much to a branding company to come up with this.

"Ok get this - ONE. And One is spelled with an O. Like a circle. So the logo is a circle!!"

"Well done, time for beersies!"

Hopefully when you call their contact centre you won't feel like you're going around in circles 😕

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#2974115 28-Sep-2022 12:41

I don't understand why folks get worked up over a private company rebranding and spending money on the rebranding,

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2974124 28-Sep-2022 12:50

I don't understand why you think I'm worked up.

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#2974126 28-Sep-2022 12:55

Journeyman:

I don't understand why you think I'm worked up.

I wasn't referring to you. I had been reading comments sections in media.

One example from social media "I might change my phone provider for the first time since 2004 because this rebranding is awful."

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2974127 28-Sep-2022 13:07

Probably shouldn't have posted directly under me without clarifying.

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#2974183 28-Sep-2022 13:20

@Journeyman I apologise for any inference. The time stamp between your post and mine is approximately 3 minutes I had not seen your post when I posted. Due to disability I type one handed and make make many typos that i have to correct. I had started my post quite some time before the time stamp on your post. Again it was not directed at you.

Here is a crazy notion, lets give peace a chance.

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#2974196 28-Sep-2022 13:56

I see Vodafone customer service still terrible so hope a miracle occurs with One NZ. I have just now tried online chat and on phone to try to ascertain why my current Go Extra Large Plan and companions don’t include the 250 free International Minutes and 50 texts but no one able to understand the spoken or written word well enough to offer any support or advice. They suggest I look at my invoice and other helpful suggestions. 😖.

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#2974198 28-Sep-2022 14:02

MikeB4:

I don't understand why folks get worked up over a private company rebranding and spending money on the rebranding,

Or the ones who say "I could've made that logo in 10 minutes in Photoshop!".

Sure you could've, but did you see the brand strategy behind it, the many iterations, the copyright checks etc.?

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#2974199 28-Sep-2022 14:03

Vodafone One Business to become One One Business?

You're not on Atlantis anymore, Duncan Idaho.

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#2974251 28-Sep-2022 14:33

michaelmurfy:

sdavisnz: Also I feel I one is a silly name, not descriptive at all.

Heard the exact same argument when Telecom rebranded into Spark...

I still think Spark sounds silly. We're just not allowed to make fun of it here. I always ask the scammers if they are on fire.

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#2974252 28-Sep-2022 14:45

I am surprised they have used such a generic word as One, because there seem to be quite a few businesses that trade under One as part of their name in the technology market. Even with a circle the of logo. A circle is the obvious logo when a company uses One as the main part of their name. Also using One and NZ together is very generic and does sound like a political party.

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#2974256 28-Sep-2022 14:57

mattwnz: Also using One and NZ together is very generic and does sound like a political party.

Or a TV channel!

Edited to add: After saying that, I Googled it just to see what would come up. The first two hits were both TV1 News.

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