Although access to credit via cards increased in the early 2000s, people were relatively restrained in their use of credit cards. A significant number of people never bought on credit, and 32% of those who did paid off their cards in full each month. Despite the ready availability of the cards, most consumers used only one or two.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
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EP/1993/3678/11
Photograph by John Nicholson
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