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The Commerce Commission is New Zealand's primary competition regulatory agency and was established under section 8 of the Commerce Act 1986.The Commission is an independent Crown entity and is not subject to direction from the government in carrying out its enforcement and regulatory control activities. Our Purpose The Commission’s purpose is to promote dynamic and responsive markets so that New Zealanders benefit from competitive prices, better quality and greater choice.
The Telecommunications Commissioner today announced that the Commission will extend its monitoring of the telecommunications market to include fixed-to-mobile pricing.
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The Commerce Commission has completed its review of Transpower’s performance in 2011/12 against prices set in the Individual price-quality path and has adjusted Transpower’s maximum allowable revenue (MAR) for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 years.
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The Commerce Commission has completed its review of Transpower’s performance in 2011/12 against prices set in the Individual price-quality path and has adjusted Transpower’s maximum allowable revenue (MAR) for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 years.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Vodafone New Zealand’s proposed purchase of TelstraClear Limited.
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The Commission has received an application from Vector Limited seeking clearance to acquire some or all of the shares or assets of Contact Energy Limited’s natural gas metering business.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its revised draft decision proposing the first default price-quality paths for gas pipeline services.
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The Commerce Commission has today released a draft report on its first statutory review of Fonterra’s milk price manual.
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The Commerce Commission plans to meet with key people involved in the Christchurch rebuild to ensure competition law is not bent or broken during the rebuilding of the city.
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WELLINGTON CITY — The Commerce Commission today released a further paper on how it plans to set the Telecommunications Development Levy that will be paid by telecommunications companies to the government.
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The Commerce Commission is undertaking some analysis of the impacts of an innovative settlement the Commission reached in 2009 with banks and credit card companies.
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The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are today welcoming the passing of legislation arising out of the Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Act.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Bligh Finance Limited, owner of the Hirepool rental business, seeking clearance to acquire the business of Hire Equipment Group Limited (Hirequip).
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The Commerce Commission has cleared CSR Building Products (NZ) Limited and Brickworks Building Products (NZ) Limited to establish a joint venture to supply clay bricks in New Zealand.
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The Commerce Commission today released the findings of its annual competition review of backhaul services for the unbundled copper local loop (UCLL), unbundled copper low frequency (UCLF) and unbundled bitstream access (UBA).
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The Commerce Commission has today released input methodologies for the default price-quality paths that apply to electricity distribution services and gas pipeline services.
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The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement with insurer IAG New Zealand Limited (IAG) after IAG admitted it may have breached the Fair Trading Act in relation to more than 150,000 insurance policies.
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The Commerce Commission has warned kiwifruit pollen supplier Kiwi Pollen (NZ) Limited for potentially misleading its customers about where some of its pollen was from.
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Fines imposed against Vodafone New Zealand Limited for breaches of the Fair Trading Act will total close to $1.5 million. Vodafone has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today on 21 charges brought by the Commerce Commission over marketing campaigns that breached the Fair Trading Act.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from CSR Building Products (NZ) Limited and Brickworks Building Products (NZ) Pty Limited seeking clearance to merge their brick businesses in New Zealand.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited (in receivership).
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from CSR Building Products (NZ) Limited and Brickworks Building Products (NZ) Limited seeking clearance to merge their brick businesses in New Zealand.
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The Court of Appeal has issued a ruling widening the Commerce Commission’s claims against Australian packaging company Visy Board Pty Ltd, for its part in an alleged cardboard packaging price-fixing cartel.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final report on the dry run review of how Fonterra sets its farm gate milk price.
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The Commerce Commission today released its draft decision to reset the default price-quality path for 16 electricity distributors.
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The Commerce Commission today published a paper outlining the relationship between Chorus’ regulated copper services and associated pricing principles.
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The Court of Appeal has upheld a record $12 million penalty imposed against Telecom in April 2011 for breaching the Commerce Act, following an unsuccessful appeal by Telecom.
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The High Court has ordered Korean Air Lines Co.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Vodafone New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the equity in TelstraClear New Zealand Limited.
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The Commission today released a discussion document on its approach to completing a statutory review of the unbundled bitstream access (UBA) service.
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The Commerce Commission today released its final notification of the companies potentially liable for the $50 million Telecomunications Development Levy (TDL) for the 2011/12 year.
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The Commerce Commission's fourth mobile monitoring report released today continues to show a decrease in the difference between the cost of calling and texting on the same network compared to calling and texting other networks.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Vodafone New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire TelstraClear Limited.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Fonterra seeking clearance to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited.
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The Commission has received an application from Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited (Fonterra) seeking clearance to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited (NZDL).
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A $1 upgrade marketing campaign by Sky Network Television Limited (Sky) has resulted in a warning from the Commerce Commission for potentially misleading customers.
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The Commerce Commission today released the draft decision of its annual competition review of unbundled copper local loop (UCLL) and unbundled bitstream access (UBA) backhaul link services.
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The Commerce Commission welcomes Dr Stephen Gale to the position of Telecommunications Commissioner.
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The Court of Appeal has upheld an earlier High Court decision against Telecom for breaching section 36 of the Commerce Act, in a judgment released today in the ‘data tails’ case.
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The Commerce Commission today issued final determinations for information disclosure requirements for companies who are building fibre networks as part of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative.
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The High Court has ordered Japan Airlines Co Limited (JAL) to pay a $2.275 million penalty for breaches of the Commerce Act.
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The Commerce Commission has today released its final report on factors that may affect the uptake of high speed broadband.
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A third tier lender who breached a number of provisions of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCF Act) has been sentenced today in the Christchurch District Court.
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An online bullion dealer has received a warning from the Commerce Commission for an alleged attempt to fix the price of bullion sold on Trade Me last year.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Universal Music Holdings Limited, to acquire the recorded music businesses of EMI Group Global Limited, to the extent that the acquisition affects markets in New Zealand.
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The Commerce Commission today announced that it will be issuing a further discussion paper on the pricing of services over Chorus’s copper local loop network.
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epay and Ezi-Pay both act as distributor-agents for a range of pre-paid products, including pre-paid mobile phone top-ups, calling cards, gift cards, digital content and pre-paid electricity.
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The Commerce Commission today released draft input methodologies for electricity distribution services and gas pipeline services.
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The Commerce Commission welcomes a Court of Appeal decision today confirming that the Commission is not required to determine a starting price input methodology for electricity distribution and gas pipeline services.
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The Court of Appeal has confirmed the New Zealand High Court’s jurisdiction in the Commerce Commission’s ongoing freight forwarding cartel case against Kuehne+Nagel International AG (Kuehne+Nagel).
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The Commerce Commission has today released a draft report on the dry run review of Fonterra’s farm gate milk price and is seeking submissions from interested parties on its initial conclusions.
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The Commerce Commission has released a process and issues paper for the review of how effectively information disclosure regulation is working in the airports sector.
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The Commerce Commission has put personal tax summary intermediaries (PTSIs) on notice that they may be failing to meet their obligations under the Fair Trading Act.
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The Commerce Commission has released its draft report on factors that may affect the uptake of high speed broadband.
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The Commerce Commission has completed its investigation into the joint venture between Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ) and Sky Network Television Limited (Sky) finding the pay TV market will not be less competitive as a result of the venture.
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The Commerce Commission has cleared Pact Group Pty Limited to acquire the plastic pails business of Viscount Plastic (NZ) Limited.
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The Commerce Commission today published its revised draft decision re-benchmarking the wholesale price for the unbundled copper local loop service (UCLL).
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The Commerce Commission today released its 2011 telecommunications annual monitoring report analysing the state of New Zealand’s telecommunications markets.
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The Commerce Commission’s investigation into the failure of the Credit Sails investment product has reached a point where the Commission is now able to update investors and the public.
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The Commerce Commission today issued draft determinations for the information disclosure requirements for companies who are building fibre networks as part of the Government’s ultra-fast broadband (UFB) initiative.
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The Commerce Commission today set out their preliminary views on the persons potentially liable for the Telecomunications Development Levy (TDL) for the 2011/12 year.
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Being unable to supply advertised daily deal vouchers has today earned a start-up Christchurch-based website a warning about bait advertising from the Commerce Commission.
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A nationwide survey conducted for the Commerce Commission on consumer switching behaviour has found that the main reason consumers give for switching fixed-line telecommunications service providers is to obtain better broadband services, and cheaper rates is the main reason for switching mobile phone service providers.
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The Commerce Commission’s third mobile monitoring report released today shows a continuation of the narrowing between the costs of on and off-net calls and texts indicated in early reports.
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The Commerce Commission has cautioned children’s playground manufacturers and suppliers who say they comply with safely standards that they need to ensure they aren’t making false claims.
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The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to the supermarket company Progressive Enterprises Limited about beer sale promotions that the Commission alleges breached the Fair Trading Act.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Universal Music New Zealand Limited seeking clearance to acquire certain shares or assets in the recorded music business of EMI Music New Zealand Limited.
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The Commerce Commission today commenced its annual competition review of unbundled copper local loop (UCLL) and unbundled bitstream access (UBA) backhaul link services.
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The Commerce Commission has declined to authorise a proposed Kotahi Logistics LP joint venture between Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited and Silver Fern Farms Limited, as it would be unlikely to harm competition, and therefore does not need an authorisation under the Commerce Act.
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The Commerce Commission announced today it has selected TrueNet to conduct testing to measure the quality of the broadband services being provided in New Zealand.
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The Dulux Group is voluntarily recalling more than 100,000 promotional toy dogs in New Zealand and Australia that may not comply with the New Zealand Product Safety Standards (Toys) Regulations 2005 (the Regulations) for children’s toys.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Southern Community Laboratories Limited seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares in Medlab South Limited (Medlab South).
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from Southern Community Laboratories Ltd (SCL) seeking clearance to acquire 100% of the shares in Medlab South Limited.
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The Commerce Commission has granted a clearance application for IAG (NZ) Holdings Limited to acquire certain business assets of AMI Insurance Limited.
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The deadline for submissions on the Commerce Commission’s discussion document, Determining the liability for the Telecommunications Development Levy for 2011/12 and beyond, has been extended.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from VPRS Limited and Visy Industries Australia Pty Limited (together Visy) seeking clearance to acquire certain businesses and assets of HP Industries Holding Limited and HP Industries (New Zealand) Limited (together HP).
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The Commerce Commission conference The Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand being held over the next two days at Sky City Hotel in Auckland is being webcast.
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The Commerce Commission has today released the last of three issues papers relating to the uptake of high speed broadband ahead of The Future with High Speed Broadband: Opportunities for New Zealand conference to be held on 20 and 21 February 2012 in Auckland.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from VPRS Limited and Visy Industries Australia Pty Limited (together Visy) seeking clearance to acquire certain businesses and assets of HP Industries Holding Limited and HP Industries (New Zealand) Limited (together HP).
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The Commerce Commission today released a discussion paper on how it intends to implement the new Telecommunications Development Levy liability allocation process.
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Christmas hamper company Chrisco Hampers Limited was fined $175,000 in the Manukau District Court today after pleading guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act by misleading customers about their cancellation rights under the Layby Sales Act.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from epay New Zealand Ltd seeking clearance to acquire Ezi-Pay Ltd.
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The process for approving investment in the national grid took an important step forward today with the release of the Commerce Commission’s final determination of Transpower’s Capital Expenditure Input Methodology.
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The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from IAG seeking clearance to acquire AMI Insurance.
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The Commerce Commission has today released the second of three issues papers relating to the uptake of high speed broadband ahead of a public conference in February 2012.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from epay New Zealand Ltd seeking clearance to acquire Ezi-Pay Ltd.
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The Commerce Commission is urging alternative health providers to review their claims about diagnosing and curing allergies, particularly to food, to ensure they do not breach the Fair Trading Act.
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The Commerce Commission has stemmed a growing tide of complaints about daily deal and group buying websites with a proactive approach to educating the websites about consumer law.
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The Commerce Commission today welcomed a High Court judgment on a number of judicial review applications around the Commission’s 2010 Input Methodology determinations.
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The High Court at Auckland has imposed a penalty of $3million against a major manufacturer of refrigerator compressors following a cartel investigation under the Commerce Act.
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A second electricity company this year has admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act and will refund customers who weren’t given a prompt payment discount with their final bills.
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The Commerce Commission has received an application from IAG New Zealand Limited (IAG) seeking clearance to acquire certain business assets of AMI Insurance.
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The Commerce Commission's second mobile monitoring report released today shows a continued narrowing of the difference between the costs of on-net and off-net calls and text messages.
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A settlement between the Commerce Commission and GE Money today will result in GE Money paying a $60,000 donation to the New Zealand Federation of Family Budgeting Services after admitting it breached the Fair Trading Act.
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The Commerce Commission has today released the first of three issues papers relating to the uptake of high speed broadband ahead of a public conference in February 2012.
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The Commerce Commission has reached a preliminary view that a proposed joint venture between Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited and Silver Fern Farms Limited would be unlikely to harm competition, and therefore does not need an authorisation under the Commerce Act.
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The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Seagate Technology Plc to acquire certain assets of the hard disk drive business of Samsung Electronics Co.
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The Commerce Commission today published a register of telecommunications companies who are wholesale customers of Chorus’s telecommunications services.
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The Commerce Commission has authorised a proposal for refrigerant wholesalers to enter into a voluntary agreement which contains an exclusionary provision.
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The Commerce Commission today released three decisions which follow recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act.
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