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Commerce Commission confirms confidentiality order
Friday, 14 August 2009, 10:11 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission confirms confidentiality order The Commerce Commission confirmed today that protection for confidential information under a confidentiality order in relation to commercial interconnection agreements provided by telecommunications ... More >>
Pawnbroker admits breech of the Fair Trading Act
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 11:39 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has settled with an Invercargill based pawnbroker over breaches of the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act (CCCF Act) and the Fair Trading Act. A Commission investigation into The Pawn Shop identified that payday loan and ... More >>
Commerce Commission warns of potential breach
Thursday, 6 August 2009, 10:00 am | Commerce Commission
Information contained in a National Business Review article entitled Revealed: Vodafone's secret deal with 2degrees potentially breached a Commerce Commission confidentiality order and section 100 of the Commerce Act. More >>
Court of Appeal decision under scrutiny
Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 11:59 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is studying a decision by the Court of Appeal, released today, in a case brought by the Commerce Commission against Telecom Corporation of New Zealand Limited (Telecom) under section 36 of the Commerce Act. More >>
Draft guidelines for telecommunications sector
Friday, 31 July 2009, 9:06 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released draft guidelines to provide greater clarity for the telecommunications industry on how the Commission exercises its powers and functions under the Telecommunications Act. The guidelines set out the key factors ... More >>
Commerce Commission Releases Discussion Document
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 9:40 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released a discussion document which forms the first step in a consultation process to develop information disclosure requirements for the suppliers of regulated electricity lines, gas pipelines and specified airport ... More >>
Guidelines on carbon claims & Fair Trading Act out
Friday, 24 July 2009, 3:05 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released guidelines which inform businesses about their obligations surrounding carbon offset and neutrality claims and how they are affected by the Fair Trading Act. “These carbon claim guidelines will supplement ... More >>
Breach of Fair Trading Act
Friday, 24 July 2009, 2:04 pm | Commerce Commission
A Palmerston North man has pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act by misleading consumers about the nature of a charity shop. He was ordered yesterday by the Palmerston District Court to pay $10,000 in reparation to two women’s refuges. More >>
Judge Confirms Wings And Wheels Ticket Decision
Wednesday, 22 July 2009, 2:53 pm | Commerce Commission
A judge in the Auckland High Court confirmed yesterday that the money paid for tickets to the postponed airshow Wings and Wheels over Waikato was being held on trust by the airshow’s organisers and that the money should be used to pay refunds to entitled ... More >>
Yan fruit "juice" products voluntarily recalled
Monday, 20 July 2009, 12:56 pm | Commerce Commission
A distributor of a range of imported products marketed as fruit juice has agreed to recall all their products after tests as part of a Commerce Commission investigation found that at least two of the products had inaccurate labels. More >>
Commerce Commission takes action against juice co.
Friday, 17 July 2009, 12:06 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has concluded an investigation into the promotion and labelling of juice products by Brownlie Brothers Limited trading as Simply Squeezed, a juice manufacturing and distribution company. As a result of the investigation the Commission ... More >>
Commerce Commission consults on ‘failing firms’
Thursday, 9 July 2009, 11:14 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released draft supplementary guidelines on how merger and acquisitions applications involving the ‘failing firm’ argument will be treated. More >>
Frucor applies to acquire Simply Squeezed
Tuesday, 7 July 2009, 4:38 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Frucor Beverages Ltd seeking clearance to acquire Simply Squeezed Holdings Ltd. More >>
NZ Broadband quality report released
Friday, 3 July 2009, 10:17 am | Commerce Commission
The Epitiro/IDC report on New Zealand broadband quality for the March 2009 quarter has been released. The report examines the quality of broadband services provided by New Zealand’s internet service providers (ISPs) as measured by Epitiro from ... More >>
Fullers Group cleared to acquire 360 Discovery
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 4:49 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Fullers Group Limited to acquire most of the assets of the business called 360 Discovery operated by Kiwi Kat Limited. More >>
Comm Comm: Regulation of mobile termination prices
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 9:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its draft report recommending that the mobile termination prices should be regulated. The Commission also recommended that the undertakings submitted in lieu of regulation by Vodafone, Telecom and 2degrees should ... More >>
Application EIR Act Exemption From Joan Withers
Friday, 26 June 2009, 9:29 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Joan Withers, seeking exemption from section 17 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998, in relation to Mighty River Power Limited’s proposal to appoint Ms Withers to its Board of Directors. More >>
Update on Commerce Commission ING investigation
Wednesday, 24 June 2009, 9:45 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission's investigation under the Fair Trading Act into ING (NZ) Limited’s Diversified Yield and Regular Income Funds is not expected to be completed for at least six months. This means that the investigation will not be concluded ... More >>
Furniture Store Fined For Price Baiting
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:52 pm | Commerce Commission
A furniture store has pleaded guilty to 28 charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act by providing misleading information about the savings that consumers would make by buying goods on sale. The company has been fined $28,000 plus court costs of $3,640in ... More >>
Farmers fined for Fair Trading breach
Monday, 22 June 2009, 2:50 pm | Commerce Commission
A New Zealand department store chain has been found guilty of breaching the Fair Trading Act and was fined $10,000 in the Christchurch District Court today. Farmers Trading Company Limited was fined for displaying a television at its Eastgate store ... More >>
