A buying collective for New Zealand households

Better terms, negotiated together.

Most New Zealand households are paying more than they should for the essentials — power, insurance, broadband, and more — not through carelessness, but because negotiating alone is stacked against you. One household has almost no sway. A few thousand, moving together, is a different conversation.

What we're building

A member-led buying collective for Aotearoa New Zealand. Members share their real usage data; we pool it, run an open tender, and let retailers compete for a well-informed cohort on fair terms.

The collective negotiates, the member decides — we never move anyone onto a new plan without their say-so. And our income comes from members, which is what keeps every recommendation honest.

Suppliers aren’t targets to be squeezed; they earn members’ business through fair terms and genuine transparency.

We're starting with electricity, and we're not quite open yet. Right now we're spreading the word, lining up our first tender, and getting the groundwork right.

Two doors, if you'd like in early

Households

Be among the first to know when our electricity calculator goes live and when we open for new members.

Retailers

There’s a fair, transparent way to compete for this cohort. We’d be glad to talk.

Keep me posted

We'll only use your email to tell you when we open. Nothing else, and you can stop any time.

We collect your email address for one reason: to keep you posted on the progress that’s relevant to you — when our electricity calculator goes live, when we open for new members, and when our first electricity tender opens. Sharing it is your choice, and every email we send will have a one-tap way to stop. Your details are held by Peanut Butter Collective Ltd in New Zealand, and you can ask to see, correct, or remove them any time. Our full privacy statement is on its way; until then, this is it.

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The people behind it

Peanut Butter Collective is named after the moment that started it: a flat that began buying their peanut butter in bulk, together — and freed up money none of them could have alone. If pooling one line on a shopping list changes what a household can afford, what else could we do together?

Bruno Lago — Co-Founder · Minister of Crunchy Affairs

Bruno created the model behind the collective. He’s spent his career building technology people can trust — and helping the people who use it thrive.

Paul Seiler — Co-Founder · Head of Spreading the Word

Paul has spent his career building the standards that let people pool what they couldn’t negotiate alone — from New Zealand’s schools to its cloud infrastructure, and now the collective.