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Warehouse acquisition clearance: date extension
Friday, 27 April 2007, 11:01 am | Commerce Commission
A further extension has been agreed to the due date for two clearance decisions relating to The Warehouse. More >>
Fine for "Made in NZ" Commonwealth Games Uniforms
Monday, 23 April 2007, 10:45 am | Commerce Commission
Sports Resources Ltd was fined $23,750 in the Auckland District Court today after pleading guilty to two charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act. Company Director Anthony Botica was also convicted and discharged. Mr Botica instructed his staff ... More >>
Settlement reached over dinner deal at Hermitage
Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 12:08 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement with Aoraki Mount Cook Alpine Village Ltd, which owns the Hermitage Hotel at Mount Cook. Under the settlement, the company admitted to breaching the Commerce Act by tying the purchase of hotel accommodation ... More >>
Report on telecommunications markets
Monday, 16 April 2007, 2:43 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commission has published its first regular monitoring report on telecommunications markets in New Zealand. Recent amendments to the Telecommunications Act have explicitly empowered the Commerce Commission to monitor the performance of telecommunications ... More >>
Next step for local loop co-location access
Monday, 16 April 2007, 11:06 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued a notice requiring Telecom to submit a standard terms proposal for the unbundled copper local loop (LLU) co-location service. The notice requires Telecom to specify the non-price terms and conditions on which it ... More >>
CHH executive fined over false timber labelling
Friday, 6 April 2007, 2:55 pm | Commerce Commission
Retired Carter Holt Harvey executive Maurice Reid has been fined $20,000 for breaching the Fair Trading Act in the Auckland District Court today. More >>
Next step for bitstream and local loop access
Thursday, 5 April 2007, 9:54 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today issued notices requiring Telecom to submit standard terms proposals for the unbundled local loop and bitstream access services. The notices require Telecom to specify the non-price terms and conditions on which it proposes ... More >>
Commerce Act / Telecomms Act discussion paper
Monday, 2 April 2007, 5:25 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released for comment a discussion paper giving its preliminary view on the interrelationship between Part 2 of the Commerce Act and the Telecommunications Act. More >>
Warehouse acquisition applicationns: extension
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 5:13 pm | Commerce Commission
A further extension has been agreed to the due date for two clearance decisions relating to The Warehouse. The due date for both decisions has been extended to Friday 27 April 2007. More >>
Terms for co-location in Telecom exchanges
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:01 am | Commerce Commission
The Commission has begun the process of determining standard terms for access by other operators to Telecom's telephone exchanges. The aim is to set the terms by which other operators can co-locate equipment required to make use of Telecom's unbundled ... More >>
Commission Drops Price Fixing Case
Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 12:00 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission yesterday discontinued its case against the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd for alleged price-fixing in relation to interchange fees. More >>
Ribena Vitamin C claims false and misleading
Tuesday, 27 March 2007, 5:17 pm | Commerce Commission
GlaxoSmithKline has pleaded guilty to 15 representative charges of breaching the Fair Trading Act by making misleading claims about the Vitamin C content of Ribena. The Commission investigated after a complaint from two college students who tested ... More >>
Commission releases Telecom TSO cost calculation
Monday, 26 March 2007, 2:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released its determination on Telecom New Zealand Limited’s net cost of complying with its telecommunication service obligations (TSO) for the period 1 July 2003 to 30 June 2004. The TSO relates to the local residential telephone ... More >>
Ashley Guy Rhodes fined for illegal invoicing
Friday, 23 March 2007, 12:09 am | Commerce Commission
Ashley Guy Rhodes has been fined $20,000 in the North Shore District Court for 47 charges breaching the Fair Trading Act by sending false invoices. The invoices claimed that individuals and businesses had agreed to purchase advertising from companies ... More >>
Trader fined $10,000 over unsafe baby walkers
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 11:23 am | Commerce Commission
Insight Infotech Limited, trading as Azaks, has been fined $10,000 for selling unsafe baby walkers from its Christchurch stores. More >>
Commission can pursue overseas residents: Court
Wednesday, 21 March 2007, 9:30 am | Commerce Commission
The High Court has ruled that the Commerce Commission can pursue penalty proceedings against three defendants in the wood chemicals cartel case who were living overseas when the cartel was operating. More >>
Fraud Awareness Month – Protect Your Computer
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 12:34 am | Commerce Commission
"Think before you click" is one way to keep scammers out of your computer system advises the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and Commerce Commission, as part of this month's fraud awareness campaign. More >>
Variation of NZRU authorisation
Friday, 16 March 2007, 5:28 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released a draft determination on the New Zealand Rugby Union's application to vary the authorisation it granted last year for a salary cap. Without that authorisation, the cap risked breaching the restrictive trade practice ... More >>
Goodman Fielder Ltd cleared for acquisition
Friday, 16 March 2007, 9:37 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Goodman Fielder Limited (Goodman Fielder) to acquire the flour and bread assets of River Mill Bakeries Limited (River Mill Bakeries). More >>
March deadline for claiming refunds
Thursday, 15 March 2007, 4:28 pm | Commerce Commission
New Zealand victims of the internet pyramid scam, SkyBiz.com, are advised a final date has been set for claiming a refund from the US $20 million redress fund. More >>
