This section contains all current and closed Commission regulatory projects. This includes determinations, reports, inquiries, studies and disclosures relating to telecommunications, electricity lines, gas pipelines, airports and dairy.
We regularly publish updates on matters arising in relation to the Grocery Industry Competition Act 2023 and associated regulations. These updates include open letters from the Grocery Commissioner, correspondence with key stakeholders and grocery newsletters we publish quarterly. Copies of these updates can be found in the timeline below.
The Commission is required to consider whether reasonable grounds exist for a conducting a FFLAS deregulation review prior to the commencement of PQP2 in 2025.
The Commission is required to consider whether reasonable grounds exist for a conducting a FFLAS deregulation review prior to the commencement of PQP2 in 2025.
The Commission is reviewing the productivity and efficiency of EDBs. This will be an ongoing project with the intention of embedding periodic assessments and publications on EDBs’ productivity/efficiency within the Commission’s performance and understanding function.
On 20 June 2023, the Government asked us to carry out a 14-month long study into whether competition for personal banking services in New Zealand is working well and, if not, what can be done to improve it.
The Telecommunications Act gives us powers to improve retail service quality (RSQ) including customer service, faults, installation, contracts, product disclosure, billing, switching, service performance, speed and availability.
We are required to complete an Investigation into the regulation of certain copper services contained in Schedule 1 of the Telecommunications Act 2001 (the Act) by no later than 31 December 2025.
On 20 June 2023, the Government asked us to carry out a 14-month long study into whether competition for personal banking services in New Zealand is working well and, if not, what can be done to improve it.
The purpose of the Commission 111 Contact Code is to ensure that vulnerable consumers, or persons on their behalf, have reasonable access to an appropriate means of contacting the 111 emergency service in the event of a power failure.