The Commerce Commission has received an application from New Zealand Post Limited (NZ Post) and from Salmat International Pty Limited (Salmat) to merge their respective unaddressed mail delivery operations.

NZ Post is a state-owned enterprise under the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986. Its main business activities include business and personal communications, physical goods distribution and logistics, banking and payments, and document and information management. NZ Post provides unaddressed mail delivery services through its wholly-owned subsidiary Letterbox Channel Limited.

Salmat is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and is one of Australasia's major direct customer communications companies. Salmat provides unaddressed mail delivery services through its wholly-owned subsidiary Deltarg Distribution Systems Limited.

In considering the application, the Commission's role is to determine whether the acquisition has the effect of substantially lessening competition in a market.

A public version of the application will be available as soon as practicable on the Commission's website, www.comcom.govt.nz, under the Clearances Register