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Testing lawnmowers

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One of Consumer New Zealand's aims is to test consumer goods and find the best products to recommend to its members. This 1967 film clip shows lawnmowers being tested. Testing criteria include how much grass a machine cuts – measured by weight – and how close it can get to walls and edges. 

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Reference: Pictorial Parade 194. National Film Unit, 1967.

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Raymond Miller, Interest groups – Consumer interest groups, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/34983/testing-lawnmowers (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Raymond Miller, published 14 March 2012, updated 1 April 2020.