Commerce Commission - Latest News [Page 149]
Cars sold as 'new' manufactured 2 years earlier
Tuesday, 17 December 2002, 4:44 pm | Commerce Commission
Daewoo fined $35,000 - In a significant case for the motor vehicle industry, Daewoo Automotive Australia Pty Limited, trading as Daewoo Automotive New Zealand, today pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act for selling vehicles as new when ... More >>
Telecommunications Act Conference
Monday, 16 December 2002, 3:35 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will hold a conference from 3 - 5 February 2003 on its draft report relating to TelstraClear Limited's application for a determination to permit the resale of some services offered by Telecom New Zealand Limited. These revised ... More >>
Air New Zealand and Qantas
Monday, 9 December 2002, 4:29 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today received joint applications from Air New Zealand Limited and Qantas Airways Limited for market behaviour and structure authorisations under the Commerce Act. The applications are under sections 58 and 67 of the Act, ... More >>
Warning to wine industry - fair trading breaches
Saturday, 7 December 2002, 11:21 am | Commerce Commission
Brendon Thomas Meo, owner and director of Solstar Limited, has admitted breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to misleading representations as to the place of origin of his wine. More >>
Gribbles Group applies to Commerce Commission
Monday, 2 December 2002, 4:34 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received a clearance application from Gribbles Group Limited to acquire the business and business assets of Alpha Scientific Limited. More >>
Commission to prosecute Qantas and Air NZ
Monday, 2 December 2002, 9:37 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is to prosecute Qantas Airways Limited and Air New Zealand Limited for misleading advertising of airfares, Director of Fair Trading Deborah Battell told the Travel Agents Association of New Zealand (TAANZ) at its 40th Anniversary ... More >>
Commerce Commission releases draft determination
Friday, 29 November 2002, 12:43 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its draft report on TelstraClear Limited’s application for a determination to permit the resale of some services offered by Telecom New Zealand Limited. This draft determination deals with the terms, including ... More >>
Telecom applies for pricing review determinations
Thursday, 28 November 2002, 10:06 am | Commerce Commission
Telecom New Zealand Limited has applied to the Commerce Commission under section 42 of the Telecommunications Act for pricing reviews in respect of the Commission's interconnection determination released on 5 November 2002. The Telecom applications ... More >>
Brambles applies to Commerce Commission
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 6:04 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received a clearance application from Brambles New Zealand Limited (Brambles) to acquire the business assets of GE Capital Returnable Packaging Systems Limited (GECRPS). More >>
Qantas and Air New Zealand proposal
Wednesday, 27 November 2002, 8:23 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission Chair John Belgrave today said the Commission is preparing to receive an application for an authorisation under the Commerce Act following the announcement by Air New Zealand and Qantas of a proposed alliance between the two ... More >>
Commerce Commission warns public about Celluslim
Tuesday, 26 November 2002, 3:04 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has concerns about the promotion of a weight loss and cellulite removal product, Celluslim, and warns consumers to think twice before buying. More >>
Hugh Wrights “Receivership” Sale misleading
Monday, 25 November 2002, 2:56 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has sent a warning to clothing retailer HW Munns Limited following advertising of a Hugh Wrights Receivership Sale. More >>
Commission conference starts today
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:03 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will this morning commence a four-day conference on its review of asset valuation methodologies of electricity lines businesses. The Commission’s work on regulation of electricity lines businesses is under Part 4A of the Commerce ... More >>
Commission conference starts today
Monday, 25 November 2002, 9:03 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission will this morning commence a four-day conference on its review of asset valuation methodologies of electricity lines businesses. The Commission’s work on regulation of electricity lines businesses is under Part 4A of the Commerce ... More >>
Polynesian Airlines fined $7,500
Thursday, 21 November 2002, 9:43 am | Commerce Commission
In the second airline industry prosecution by the Commerce Commission in less than a fortnight, Polynesian Limited, trading as Polynesian Airlines, was fined $7,500 plus costs in the Auckland District Court today for misleading advertising. More >>
Taranaki Combined Cycle Thermal Generation Plant
Tuesday, 19 November 2002, 2:13 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received two separate applications to purchase 100% of the shares in Stratford Power Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of Natural Gas Holdings Corporation Limited (NGC), and/or the assets of its Taranaki Combined Cycle Thermal ... More >>
Acquisition for cinema advertising businesses
Monday, 18 November 2002, 3:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received a clearance application from Val Morgan Holdings Pty Limited (VMH), to acquire the cinema advertising businesses of Val Morgan & Co (Aust) Pty Limited (Val Morgan) and Media Entertainment Group Limited (MEG). More >>
The Mill Liquorsave fined $5,000
Friday, 15 November 2002, 4:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Mill Liquorsave’s “No one undersells us” claim cost the company $5,000 in the Auckland District Court today when it pleaded guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act for conduct that was liable to mislead the public. More >>
TelstraClear applies for a pricing review
Friday, 15 November 2002, 4:29 pm | Commerce Commission
TelstraClear Limited has today applied to the Commerce Commission for a pricing review of its interconnection determination released earlier this month. The Commission’s determination, released on 5 November, related to price and non-price terms for interconnection ... More >>
Commission receives determination application
Wednesday, 13 November 2002, 5:45 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today received an application from TelstraClear Limited for an access determination under the Telecommunications Act 2001 for setting terms for the resale of residential services provided by Telecom New Zealand Limited. More >>
