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Commerce Commission Will Monitor Fixed-To-Mobile Prices
Thursday, 1 November 2012, 9:59 am | Commerce Commission
The Telecommunications Commissioner today announced that the Commission will extend its monitoring of the telecommunications market to include fixed-to-mobile pricing. More >>
Transpower’s maximum allowable revenues adjusted
Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 12:41 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has completed its review of Transpower’s performance in 2011/12 against prices set in the Individual price-quality path and has adjusted Transpower’s maximum allowable revenue (MAR) for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 years. More >>
Commission clears Vodafone’s purchase of TelstraClear
Tuesday, 30 October 2012, 9:10 am | Commerce Commission
In assessing the clearance application, the Commission looked at the potential impact of the purchase in a number of markets. These include the provision of fixed line calling and broadband services to residential, as well as business customers, with ... More >>
Preliminary issues for Hirepool/Hirequip application
Monday, 29 October 2012, 12:55 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from Bligh Finance Limited (owner of the Hirepool rental business) seeking clearance to acquire the business of Hire Equipment Group Limited. More >>
Vector seeks to acquire Contact’s gas metering business
Thursday, 25 October 2012, 5:00 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commission has received an application from Vector Limited seeking clearance to acquire some or all of the shares or assets of Contact Energy Limited’s natural gas metering business. More >>
Proposal: Default PriceQuality Paths For Gas Services
Wednesday, 24 October 2012, 11:10 am | Commerce Commission
Media Release Issued 24 October 2012 Release No. 34 Commerce Commission Proposes Default PriceQuality Paths For Gas Pipeline Services The Commerce Commission has today released its revised draft decision proposing the first default price-quality ... More >>
First statutory review of Fonterra’s milk price manual
Friday, 19 October 2012, 3:59 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released a draft report on its first statutory review of Fonterra’s milk price manual. The manual determines how Fonterra calculates the farm gate milk price, which is the price paid by Fonterra to dairy farmers for ... More >>
Competition issues in Christchurch rebuild highlighted
Friday, 19 October 2012, 11:08 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission plans to meet with key people involved in the Christchurch rebuild to ensure competition law is not bent or broken during the rebuilding of the city. More >>
Commerce Commission outlines approach to telco levy
Friday, 19 October 2012, 9:12 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released a further paper on how it plans to set the Telecommunications Development Levy that will be paid by telecommunications companies to the government. More >>
Retailers asked for feedback on credit card rule changes
Thursday, 18 October 2012, 12:00 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission is undertaking some analysis of the impacts of an innovative settlement the Commission reached in 2009 with banks and credit card companies. More >>
Hirepool Seeks Clearance To Acquire Hirequip
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 10:54 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Bligh Finance Limited, owner of the Hirepool rental business, seeking clearance to acquire the business of Hire Equipment Group Limited (Hirequip). More >>
Competition agencies welcome International Cooperation Act
Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 9:27 am | Commerce Commission
The New Zealand Commerce Commission (NZCC) and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are today welcoming the passing of legislation arising out of the Commerce Commission (International Co-operation, and Fees) Act. More >>
Commerce Commission clears CSR and Brickworks to merge
Thursday, 11 October 2012, 11:39 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared CSR Building Products (NZ) Limited and Brickworks Building Products (NZ) Limited to establish a joint venture to supply clay bricks in New Zealand. More >>
Increased competition means further deregulation of markets
Friday, 5 October 2012, 10:48 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission today released the findings of its annual competition review of backhaul services for the unbundled copper local loop (UCLL), unbundled copper low frequency (UCLF) and unbundled bitstream access (UBA). More >>
Commission releases further draft input methodologies
Monday, 1 October 2012, 9:30 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has today released input methodologies for the default price-quality paths that apply to electricity distribution services and gas pipeline services. More >>
Costly error by IAG - settlement with Commerce Commission
Tuesday, 18 September 2012, 12:45 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has reached a settlement with insurer IAG New Zealand Limited (IAG) after IAG admitted it may have breached the Fair Trading Act in relation to more than 150,000 insurance policies. More >>
Kiwifruit pollen not as Kiwi as claimed
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 10:34 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has warned kiwifruit pollen supplier Kiwi Pollen (NZ) Limited for potentially misleading its customers about where some of its pollen was from. The Commission alleges Kiwi Pollen was in breach of the Fair Trading Act, which prohibits ... More >>
Vodafone Pays Hefty Price For Misleading Consumers
Monday, 10 September 2012, 12:21 pm | Commerce Commission
Fines imposed against Vodafone New Zealand Limited for breaches of the Fair Trading Act will total close to $1.5 million. Vodafone has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court today on 21 charges brought by the Commerce Commission over marketing ... More >>
CSR/Brickworks Clearance Application
Friday, 7 September 2012, 3:07 pm | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has published a statement of preliminary issues relating to an application from CSR Building Products (NZ) Limited and Brickworks Building Products (NZ) Pty Limited seeking clearance to merge their brick businesses in New ... More >>
Fonterra Gets The All Clear
Friday, 7 September 2012, 10:17 am | Commerce Commission
The Commerce Commission has cleared Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited to acquire the dairy processing assets of New Zealand Dairies Limited (in receivership). New Zealand Dairies processes raw milk at its Studholme factory near Waimate. More >>
