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Fraud Awareness Month – Protect Your Phone
Monday, 12 March 2007, 10:19 am | Commerce Commission
Think that phone call or text message sounds like a scam? "Hang up or delete" is the advice today from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs and the Commerce Commission, as part of Fraud Awareness Month. More >>
Cost of relay service for the hearing impaired
Thursday, 8 March 2007, 10:45 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has released its determination on the cost of the Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) for the hearing impaired. More >>
Fraud Awareness Month Protect Your Money
Tuesday, 6 March 2007, 11:39 am | Commerce Commission
As part of Fraud Awareness Month, the Commerce Commission and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs are sending a warning about the increasingly innovative techniques used by scammers to encourage consumers to hand over their money. More >>
Elite Truck Rentals cleared to acquire ORIX
Friday, 2 March 2007, 4:57 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Elite Truck Rentals Limited (Elite) to acquire 100% assets of ORIX Truck Rental (ORIX), a division of ORIX New Zealand Limited. More >>
Clearance to acquire Medi-Chem applied for
Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 2:40 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Transpacific Technical Services (NZ) Limited (TTS) seeking clearance to acquire the assets and businesses of Medi-Chem Waste Services Limited (Medi-Chem) that relate to the treatment, recycling, and disposal ... More >>
Standard terms for local loops, bitstream access
Friday, 23 February 2007, 12:10 am | Commerce Commission
The Commission has begun the process of deciding standard terms covering access by other operators to Telecom's copper local loops and bitstream services. The Commission will require Telecom to submit standard proposals for the supply of these services. More >>
BOC Ltd cleared to acquire Shell's LPG portfolio
Thursday, 22 February 2007, 10:20 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared BOC Limited to acquire Shell New Zealand Limited's LPG business and Shell New Zealand Holding Company Limited's shareholding in Liquigas Limited; collectively referred to as Shell's LPG Portfolio. More >>
Bitstream reconsideration: draft decision issued
Wednesday, 21 February 2007, 11:20 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has issued a draft decision today after reconsidering the pricing aspects of Decision 582. More >>
Buyers refunded $49,000 by Ford’s finance company
Wednesday, 14 February 2007, 1:57 pm | Commerce Commission
Primus Financial Services, trading as Ford Credit, has refunded $49,000 to 391 customers as a result of a warning from the Commerce Commission. Ford Credit, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, provides finance to customers through 35 ... More >>
Commission Receives Undertaking From Vodafone
Thursday, 25 January 2007, 2:23 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application for an undertaking from Vodafone. The application is in the context of the Commission's investigation into whether or not to amend the roaming and co-location services currently regulated under the ... More >>
Goodman Fielder moves to acquire River Mill
Thursday, 18 January 2007, 8:19 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Goodman Fielder Limited (Goodman Fielder) seeking clearance to acquire the flour and bread assets of River Mill Bakeries Limited (River Mill Bakeries). More >>
Woolworths applies to acquire The Warehouse
Wednesday, 17 January 2007, 5:14 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Woolworths Limited seeking clearance to acquire up to 100% of the shares in, or assets, of The Warehouse Group Limited. More >>
Motor Vehicle Traders Have Been Fined
Friday, 12 January 2007, 1:34 pm | Commerce Commission
Six motor vehicle traders have been fined more than $9,000, in total, for failing to display Supplier Information Notice (SIN) cards with used motor vehicles for sale. The traders, who were selling from car yards in Hamilton, Rotorua and Auckland, were ... More >>
Motor Vehicle Traders Have Been Fined More Than $9
Friday, 12 January 2007, 1:09 pm | Commerce Commission
Six motor vehicle traders have been fined more than $9,000, in total, for failing to display Supplier Information Notice (SIN) cards with used motor vehicles for sale. The traders, who were selling from car yards in Hamilton, Rotorua and Auckland, were ... More >>
Christchurch Retailer Fined $12,000
Thursday, 11 January 2007, 4:42 pm | Commerce Commission
A Christchurch retailer was fined $12,000 in the Christchurch District Court today for selling unsafe soft toys. Southern Gold Limited, trading as Just $2, breached the product safety requirements of the Fair Trading Act by selling toys that did ... More >>
TPI applies to acquire Enviro Waste Services
Tuesday, 9 January 2007, 1:29 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Transpacific Industries Group (NZ) Limited (TPI) seeking clearance to acquire the South Island assets and businesses of Enviro Waste Services Limited and up to 50 per cent of the shares in ... More >>
Commission to reconsider bitstream decision
Friday, 22 December 2006, 3:08 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commission will reconsider pricing aspects of Decision 582. That Decision deals with the supply by Telecom of bitstream to ihug and CallPlus. Following the reconsideration, the Commission may amend the pricing terms. In the meantime the Decision remains ... More >>
Commission considers variation of Rugby decision
Friday, 22 December 2006, 2:34 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has given public notice that it is considering varying its decision number 580, at the request of the New Zealand Rugby Union. More >>
Application for EIR Act exemption from Top Energy
Thursday, 21 December 2006, 3:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Top Energy Limited, seeking exemption from section 17 of the Electricity Industry Reform Act 1998 (EIR Act) in relation to its proposal to expand its geothermal power plant Ngawha, near Kaikohe. More >>
Owens Corning cleared to acquire Saint-Gobain
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 5:09 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Owens Corning to acquire from Compagnie de Saint-Gobain the glass fibre reinforcement assets of its Saint-Gobain Vetrotex division, insofar as the acquisition would affect any market in New Zealand. More >>
