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Commission files charges against Appenture Marketing
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 1:19 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has filed 24 charges against Appenture Marketing Ltd for failing to provide consumers with key contract information and for making false and misleading representations to consumers about their rights. More >>
Charges filed against Bunnings for misleading advertising
Wednesday, 8 February 2017, 10:23 am | Commerce Commission
Commission confirms charges filed against Bunnings for misleading advertising The Commerce Commission has filed 45 charges in Auckland District Court against Bunnings (NZ) Limited alleging it misled consumers by advertising the prices of its goods ... More >>
$1m penalty for misleading Nurofen specific pain range claim
Friday, 3 February 2017, 4:24 pm | Commerce Commission
Reckitt Benckiser (New Zealand) Limited (RBNZ) has been fined $1.08 million today in the Auckland District Court for 10 charges relating to its Nurofen specific pain range products. The products include Nurofen Migraine Pain, Nurofen Tension Headache, ... More >>
Mobile trader pleads guilty to disclosure failures
Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 11:37 am | Commerce Commission
Mobile trader Best Buy Limited (Best Buy) has pled guilty to 16 charges relating to the operation of its door-to-door sales business in Auckland and smaller North Island towns. More >>
Baby City sentenced for two non-compliant cots
Friday, 20 January 2017, 10:12 am | Commerce Commission
Baby City Retail Investments Limited (Baby City) has been fined $39,000 in the Auckland District Court for six charges relating to selling cots which failed to comply with the packaging and labelling requirements of the safety standard for household cots ... More >>
Regulation of Spark’s wholesale voice services under review
Thursday, 22 December 2016, 8:54 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has completed its investigation of whether to recommend to the Minister for Communications that Spark’s wholesale voice services provided on copper lines should be deregulated. More >>
Charges filed over ‘made in New Zealand’ claims
Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 10:32 am | Commerce Commission
Topline International Limited (Topline) and its director Jeffrey Bernard Cook each face 22 charges brought by the Commission for falsely representing that its NatureBee Potentiated Bee Pollen (NatureBee) supplement was a New Zealand made and sourced ... More >>
Review of rules for regulated electricity, gas, airport
Tuesday, 20 December 2016, 9:34 am | Commerce Commission
Commission releases final decisions on review of rules for regulated electricity, gas and airport services More >>
Godfreys fined for extended warranty agreements it sold
Monday, 19 December 2016, 3:12 pm | Commerce Commission
New Zealand Vacuum Cleaner Company Limited (trading as Godfreys) was today fined $58,000 in the Manukau District Court after earlier pleading guilty to 10 charges relating to its extended warranty agreements. More >>
Real estate agency to pay $1 million for price fixing
Monday, 19 December 2016, 11:36 am | Commerce Commission
Hamilton real estate agency Lugton’s Limited has been ordered to pay a penalty of $1 million following a penalty hearing in the Auckland High Court on Friday 16 December. More >>
Final decision for telecommunications providers
Monday, 19 December 2016, 9:01 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its final decision about how much 15 telecommunications providers will pay towards the $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy (TDL) for 2015/16. More >>
Phone number portability to stay
Monday, 19 December 2016, 8:57 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has decided to continue to regulate number portability for both local and mobile telephone numbers for another five years. Number portability enables a customer to keep the same telephone number despite switching telecommunications ... More >>
Real estate agencies to pay penalties for price fixing
Friday, 16 December 2016, 2:43 pm | Commerce Commission
The head offices of Barfoot & Thompson, Harcourts, LJ Hooker and Ray White will collectively pay $9.825 million following a price fixing penalty hearing in the Auckland High Court. More >>
Youi insurance fined $320,000 for misleading sales technique
Thursday, 15 December 2016, 3:49 pm | Commerce Commission
Insurance firm Youi NZ Pty Limited (Youi) has today been fined $320,000 in the Auckland District Court for employing misleading sales techniques when attempting to sell policies to consumers who were seeking a quote. More >>
"You better watch out" - Christmas shoppers urged
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 10:27 am | Commerce Commission
With the Christmas shopping season in full swing the Commerce Commission is reminding consumers and retailers about consumers' rights when buying goods in store or online. More >>
Final report on Fonterra’s 2016/17 Milk Price Manual
Wednesday, 14 December 2016, 10:25 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released its final report on its annual statutory review of Fonterra’s Milk Price Manual for the 2016/17 dairy season. More >>
Third party trademark agency receives warning
Tuesday, 13 December 2016, 2:51 pm | Commerce Commission
Gibraltar-based company PTMO Limited (PTMO) has received a Commission warning for a notice it sent to New Zealand trademark holders to pay $1,295 to renew their trademark for 10 years. More >>
South Auckland car dealership fined for false claims
Monday, 12 December 2016, 10:42 am | Commerce Commission
Car dealer, Zodiac Motor Company Limited (Zodiac) has been fined a total of $105,000 in Manukau District Court for making false claims that its cars were AA appraised and that it was an AA Appraised Used Dealer. More >>
PGW and Elders’ employees fined in price fixing case
Monday, 5 December 2016, 2:29 pm | Commerce Commission
Four current or former employees of PGG Wrightson and one former employee of Elders Rural Holdings Limited have been ordered to pay penalties totalling $105,000 following an Auckland High Court penalty hearing for their respective roles in a price fixing ... More >>
Steel mesh investigations into five companies completed
Monday, 5 December 2016, 9:13 am | Commerce Commission
The Commission has now completed its seismic steel mesh investigations into five of the companies under investigation. Three companies, who cannot be named at this time, have been advised that the Commission intends to issue criminal proceedings ... More >>
