Dairy competition review final report
Published on 24 March 2016
Earlier this month we released our final report on the state of competition in New Zealand’s dairy industry.
Commission powers through high levels of litigation
Published on 24 March 2016
All hands are on deck in the Commerce Commission’s legal team with 24 court cases currently before the court, all aimed at protecting the interests of New Zealanders.
The end of FPP
Published on 24 March 2016
As everyone in the telecommunications sector will know, the final pricing principle (FPP) for Chorus’ copper lines network has been a huge undertaking for the Commission and the industry.
Welcome from Brent Alderton – Year in review – December 2015
Published on 14 December 2015
With only eight working days until Christmas, we reflect on 2015 at the Commission. It has been another busy year with many achievements across all areas of our business – competition, consumer, credit, product safety and regulation.
Investigation guidelines to be released this week
Published on 14 December 2015
Later this week we will release our Competition and Consumer Investigation Guidelines, covering a wide range of topics designed to help consumers, traders and lawyers their advisors understand what they can expect to happen during a Commission investigation.
Dairy Competition Review enters final stage
Published on 14 December 2015
Last month we issued our draft report on the state of competition in New Zealand’s dairy industry for consultation. We began this review in June this year at the request of the Minister for Primary Industries, as required under the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 (DIRA).
Commission’s credit law focus shifts to enforcement
Published on 14 December 2015
The Commission welcomed the new consumer credit laws which came into force in June this year with an emphasis on responsible lending.
Commission utilises raft of new legal powers
Published on 14 December 2015
It’s been another busy year for the Commerce Commission Legal team with a number of important new enforcement tools put to use. The consumer credit law reform came into effect in June to better protect New Zealanders when borrowing money or buying goods on credit.
Welcome from Brent Alderton – September 2015
Published on 21 September 2015
Welcome to our September edition of Bulletin.
Mobile traders in the spotlight
Published on 21 September 2015
In our May 2015 edition of Bulletin we talked about the progress we had made eight months into our year-long project looking at mobile traders, commonly known as truck shops.
