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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ihug Limited has withdrawn its application to the Commerce Commission for regulated access to bitstream under the Telecommunications Act 2001.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 >>
Saatchi's convicted for misleading adverting
Friday, 17 December 2004, 12:11 am | Commerce Commission
Saatchi & Saatchi Limited was fined $6,000 in the Wellington District Court today, after pleading guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to an advertisement prepared for Telecom New Zealand Limited promoting a Telecom homeline/Sky TV package. ... More >>
Fines for ‘Trade Register’ company and director
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 3:43 pm | Commerce Commission
A company that targeted over 17,500 tradespeople throughout New Zealand inviting them to sign up to the New Zealand Trade Register, has been fined $10,500 plus $910 costs for making misleading claims under the Fair Trading Act. Its sole director, ... More >>
Ophthalmologists withdraw appeals
Wednesday, 15 December 2004, 9:45 am | Commerce Commission
Ophthalmologists withdraw appeals against High Court ruling of anti-competitive behaviour More >>
Toll-freecalls regulation will not be investigated
Monday, 13 December 2004, 11:24 am | Commerce Commission
Telecommunications Act: Commission will not investigate the regulation of mobile origination for toll-free calls More >>
Commission clears Fonterra to acquire Nat Foods
Friday, 10 December 2004, 8:51 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited to acquire up to 100 percent of the shares in National Foods Limited. More >>
Vegetarian sausage manufacturer pleads guilty
Friday, 10 December 2004, 12:59 am | Commerce Commission
Auckland-based vegetarian small goods manufacturer Bean Supreme Limited has pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act and been fined $4,250 plus costs for representing vegetarian sausages as 'GMO Free' and 'Non GM' when they contained traces of GM soy. More >>
Commerce Commission launches its new website
Thursday, 9 December 2004, 2:20 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has this week relaunched its website at http://www.comcom.govt.nz following an extensive redesign and upgrade of its existing site. More >>
Commission releases draft determination: cellphone
Monday, 6 December 2004, 3:39 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a draft determination dealing with the allocation of costs for the provision of local and cellular telephone number portability among the telecommunications industry. Number Portability is a facility that enables customers ... More >>
Fair Trading Act breach
Monday, 6 December 2004, 10:28 am | Commerce Commission
Fruit and produce wholesaling and marketing company Freshmax Limited has admitted it breached the Fair Trading Act in a settlement with the Commerce Commission, following an investigation into the way in which it has been invoicing its grower suppliers ... More >>
Commission to investigate TelstraClear application
Monday, 6 December 2004, 9:04 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has announced it will investigate an application from TelstraClear for a determination of the terms for the wholesaling of business services offered by Telecom New Zealand Limited. In particular, TelstraClear has applied for access ... More >>
Commission recommends control of Powerco & Vector
Thursday, 2 December 2004, 9:38 am | Commerce Commission
In its gas control inquiry report, released by the Minister of Energy today, the Commerce Commission recommends that direct control under Part V of the Commerce Act should be imposed on gas distribution companies Vector Limited and Powerco Limited. ... More >>
