Video Ezy eyes vending after New Zealand franchisor fails

Uniacke said the company planned to "look through New Zealand systems" and would then decide on what ideas it could introduce here "that have been hard to run or maintain off a 70 store franchise base".

"We see this as an opportunity to take these stores back, it's possibly a healthy reset," he said. 

"There are some synergies we can probably bring into New Zealand."

Uniacke said DVD kiosks might play a part.

So far, Video Ezy only had 40 of the movie vending machines this side of the Tasman, while it had 1400 in Australia. It was "one of the silver bullets that we have launched," he said. 

The kiosks minimised rent and staffing costs, which meant dvds could be borrowed for half the usual cost, he said. 

They could also be placed in "high foot-traffic" with high rent prices, where a store would be impossible to afford.