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Beijer Ref Seeks Clearance To Acquire Refspecs
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 4:21 pm | Commerce Commission
The statement outlines the key competition issues that the Commission considers important in deciding whether or not to grant clearance to the proposed acquisition. More >>
Commission To Issue Statement Of Issues On Rafting JV Co’s Proposed Acquisition Of Three Rotorua Rafting Operators
Thursday, 29 January 2026, 9:52 am | Commerce Commission
The Statement of Issues will invite submissions from Rotorua Rafting, Kaitiaki Adventures and Kaituna Cascades and any other interested parties. More >>
ComCom Digs Into Supermarket Delisting
Thursday, 22 January 2026, 8:58 am | Commerce Commission
“The possibility of products being removed from shelves is a significant weight on suppliers that can reinforce the power imbalance between major supermarkets and smaller suppliers,” Commerce Commission Head of Groceries Alice Hume says. More >>
Clearance Sought For The Merger Of NPD And Gull
Tuesday, 20 January 2026, 1:44 pm | Commerce Commission
NPD and Gull are both independent low-cost operators supplying fuel in New Zealand predominantly, but not exclusively, via unstaffed sites. More >>
Statement Of Issues Released For Godfrey Hirst’s Proposed Acquisition Of Bremworth
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 7:37 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commission is seeking submissions from Godfrey Hirst, Bremworth and any other interested parties on the issues raised in the Statement of Issues. More >>
Commission To Issue Statement Of Issues On Godfrey Hirst’s Proposed Acquisition Of Bremworth
Thursday, 18 December 2025, 7:04 pm | Commerce Commission
The Statement of Issues is not a final decision and does not mean that the Commission intends to decline or clear the application for clearance. More >>
District Court Finds The TV Shop Staff Wrote Positive ‘Customer’ Reviews, Misled Consumers
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 3:04 pm | Commerce Commission
In the Court’s judgment, The TV Shop was convicted of 13 charges for breaches of the Fair Trading Act spanning a period of nearly four years. More >>
High Court Finds Certain Bachcare Terms Unfair Following Commerce Commission Action
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 8:44 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission Chair Dr John Small says this included terms that meant if a guest cancelled their booking, regardless of how far away their holiday was, they would lose up to 100% of the amount paid. More >>
Statement Of Unresolved Issues Released For Kegstar’s Proposed Acquisition Of Konvoy
Wednesday, 3 December 2025, 11:45 am | Commerce Commission
The Commission is seeking submissions from Kegstar, Konvoy and any other interested parties on the issues raised in the Statement of Unresolved Issues. More >>
One NZ Ordered To Pay $1.1 Million For Breaching 111 Obligations
Monday, 1 December 2025, 9:49 am | Commerce Commission
One NZ has admitted to breaches of the Code related to information disclosure, record keeping, and regular customer outreach between 2021 and 2023. More >>
Westpac NZ Penalised $3.64 Million For Not Being A Responsible Lender, System Design Called ‘Foreseeably Deficient’
Friday, 28 November 2025, 12:17 pm | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission Director, Credit Sarah Bartlett says by failing to invest in adequate systems and processes Westpac did not provide the required information to borrowers and guarantors to enable them to make informed decisions. More >>
Commission Proposes Stable Pricing Approach For Gas Pipelines
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 1:31 pm | Commerce Commission
Commissioner Vhari McWha says the decision to keep gas pipeline infrastructure revenues largely constant over the next five years should be viewed in a long-term context. More >>
Co-Operative Bank Admits Charging Unreasonable Fees, Remediates Thousands Of Customers $7.225 Million
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 11:32 am | Commerce Commission
Commerce Commission Director, Credit Sarah Bartlett says banks have a responsibility to charge reasonably and customers should be able to trust that this is always the case. More >>
ComCom Takes Mobil To Court
Tuesday, 25 November 2025, 8:37 am | Commerce Commission
The Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court, alleging two ongoing breaches of section 16(1)(a) of the Act, one starting in November 2021, and the other in August 2022. More >>
Rafting JV Co Seeks Clearance To Acquire Assets Of Rotorua Rafting, Kaitiaki Adventures, And Kaituna Cascades
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 2:53 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today published a statement of preliminary issues in relation to the application. More >>
Commerce Commission Declines Interim Authorisation For Banks To Collectively Negotiate Over Cash-In-Transit Services
Thursday, 13 November 2025, 8:44 am | Commerce Commission
The Commission is continuing to consider NZBA’s application for full authorisation and the decision on interim authorisation in this case should not be taken to indicate that the Commission will or will not grant the full requested authorisation. More >>
Commerce Commission Authorises Gentailers’ Application For Strategic Energy Reserve Huntly Firming Option
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 9:10 am | Commerce Commission
The proposed arrangements give Contact, Meridian and Mercury an option to access certain notional generation capacity from Genesis’ Rankine Units at the Huntly Power Station until 31 December 2035. More >>
Godfrey Hirst Seeks Clearance To Acquire Bremworth
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 1:12 pm | Commerce Commission
The statement outlines the key competition issues that the Commission considers important in deciding whether to grant clearance to the proposed acquisition. More >>
‘Cheating The System’: Country’s First Criminal Prosecution For Cartel Conduct Sees Second Company Sentenced
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 3:57 pm | Commerce Commission
At today’s sentencing, Justice Sally Fitzgerald determined a fine of $595,000 would be appropriate for the second company involved, which has been granted interim name suppression. More >>
ComCom Cuts Through Confusion In Telecommunications Pricing
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 10:46 am | Commerce Commission
The guidelines require providers to state a monthly average price when this is different from the advertised price, and make standardised offer summaries available, so that consumers can more easily compare different offers. More >>
