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Tony’s Vineyard fined $3,000
Thursday, 24 February 2005, 11:12 am | Commerce Commission
Waitakere based Tony’s Vineyard Restaurant has been fined $3,000 plus $260 court costs in the Waitakere District Court after pleading guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to website promotion of its menu and prices. More >>
Commission declines Gallagher acquisition
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 4:21 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has declined Gallagher Holdings Limited’s clearance application to acquire up to 100 percent of the shares of Tru-Test Corporation Limited. More >>
Commission Moves To Revoke Pohokura Authorisation
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 3:17 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission’s preliminary view is that it should revoke its authorisation of an otherwise anti-competitive arrangement to jointly market and sell gas produced from the Pohokura field in Taranaki. More >>
Telecom convicted for failure to disclose costs
Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 8:32 am | Commerce Commission
Failing to disclose a 12 cents per minute charge for calls made to an 08322 information line has cost Telecom New Zealand Limited more than $5,500 and a conviction under the Fair Trading Act. More >>
Mobile Termination conference
Tuesday, 22 February 2005, 2:54 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a three day conference from tomorrow on its draft determination on mobile termination rates. The Commission found in the draft that a regulated reduction in wholesale mobile termination rates was likely to lead to ... More >>
Internet Sweep: Spams, Scams and Scams by Spam
Monday, 21 February 2005, 11:59 am | Commerce Commission
Scams circulated by spam are the focus of a two day Commerce Commission internet sweep commencing today. The sweep contributes to a month-long international crackdown on spam by more than 20 enforcement agencies, organised by the International Consumer ... More >>
Southern Cross to acquire Auckland Surgical Centre
Thursday, 17 February 2005, 5:14 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Southern Cross Health Trust or its interconnected body corporate (the Trust) to acquire the assets of Auckland Surgical Centre Limited (ASC). More >>
Comply with information powers
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 2:16 pm | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission Chair Paula Rebstock reinforced the Commission’s strong stance on compliance with its information requisitioning powers in front of a chief executives forum in Wellington today with the announcement that the Commission is prosecuting ... More >>
Shackel Motor Co acknowledges misleading consumers
Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 10:52 am | Commerce Commission
Second hand car dealer K2 Motor Company, trading as Shackel Motor Company, acknowledges it made misleading representations about the price of vehicles offered for sale at its two Wellington car sale yards, and that it made misleading representations about ... More >>
Bicycle labelling breach
Wednesday, 9 February 2005, 11:14 am | Commerce Commission
An admission by Progressive Enterprises Limited that it breached the Fair Trading Act by selling partially assembled bicycles without the safety warnings and assembly instructions sends a warning to all retailers, the Commerce Commission Director of ... More >>
Telecommunications Act: Broadband monitoring
Friday, 4 February 2005, 5:08 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has completed its monitoring, for the quarter ending December 31st 2004, of uptake of residential broadband services provided or supported by Telecom New Zealand Limited More >>
Telecommunications Act Investigation
Monday, 31 January 2005, 11:13 am | Commerce Commission
Telecommunications Act: Commission to investigate second local and cellular telephone number portability application More >>
Business obligation to clearly disclose surcharge
Thursday, 20 January 2005, 1:34 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is reminding businesses that while charging a holiday surcharge is not illegal, failing to inform customers that a surcharge applies is. More >>
Commission concerned about unsafe baby walkers
Wednesday, 12 January 2005, 2:26 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is concerned that the safety of babies is being compromised by a sharp increase in the number of baby walkers being sold that do not comply with product safety standard regulations. More >>
Southern Cross applies for clearance
Monday, 10 January 2005, 11:46 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Southern Cross Health Trust or its interconnected body corporate (the Trust) to acquire the assets of Auckland Surgical Centre Limited (ASC). More >>
Number portability determination
Wednesday, 5 January 2005, 3:02 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received a joint application from TelstraClear, Telecom and Vodafone seeking a determination for designated multi-network services under the Telecommunications Act 2001 in respect of the local telephone number portability ... More >>
ihug Withdraws Application For Regulated Bitstream
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 4:49 pm | Commerce Commission
ihug Limited has withdrawn its application to the Commerce Commission for regulated access to bitstream under the Telecommunications Act 2001. Telecom and ihug have agreed terms for access to Telecom’s commercial bitstream service. More >>
Electricity Lines Businesses
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 2:08 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is tomorrow issuing a discussion paper to seek feedback from interested parties on the objectives, principles and implementation of its information disclosure regime for electricity lines businesses. This work is part of the Commission’s ... More >>
Commission humbugs chain letters & other hoaxes
Thursday, 23 December 2004, 10:02 am | Commerce Commission
’Tis the season for scams: Commission bah humbugs chain letters, horse-betting, lottery schemes and text hoaxes More >>
Commission clears CHH To Acquire Tenon Assets
Tuesday, 21 December 2004, 3:41 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Carter Holt Harvey Limited to acquire certain structural and wood processing business assets of Tenon Limited, including its Kawerau sawmill and remanufacturing plant, Rainbow Mountain Sawmill, Ramsey Roundwood, and ... More >>
