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Skin cancer has come up a bit in my family so I pay attention to this stuff, though I believe it's pretty common in NZ in general. The consumer tests vary each time. The cancer society ones tend to have good results but that year they didn't. From memory, Banana Boat is one that fails a lot and so I avoid that brand, plus any from smaller companies. I believe Nivea is one that has consistently done well, maybe with an occasional off year but as per your article it looks like that may be behind us now that issue with the lab falsifying results has been picked up.
It's worth noting that when they fail, typically they are still high SPF. When I was a kid I think SPF15 was the highest available. Now anything under 30 is barely considered sunscreen, and many are 50 or above.
One other thing worth mentioning is that the middle of the day when UV is the highest it's really best to avoid being in the sun. Not always easy, of course.