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New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has issued its final decision to approve $1.722 billion expenditure by telco infrastructure wholesaler Chorus over the next four years (2025-2028) – but disallow $172.6 million that would have flowed through to price increases for consumers.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed eight charges under the Fair Trading Act against Two Degrees Mobile Limited for alleged misleading claims about their ‘free Aussie roaming’ for business mobile plans.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed proceedings in the High Court against One NZ - formerly Vodafone - for multiple breaches of the 111 Contact Code – some of which the Commission alleges are still ongoing.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has received an application from Evergreen NZ Holdings seeking clearance or authorisation to acquire 100% of the shares in ACM New Zealand Limited from ACM Holdings (NZ) Limited.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has issued new guidance designed to help businesses working together to pursue sustainability goals, with a focus on distinguishing between “illegal collusion and legitimate collaboration”.

Suppliers of courier services in New Zealand - NZ Post - is seeking clearance from the country’s competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, for it, or any interconnected body corporate, to acquire certain courier business assets of PBT Group Limited (PBT).

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has joined competition, consumer protection, and economic regulators from across the Pacific to share intelligence, investigative techniques, and best practice in a newly formed initiative - the Pacific Island Network of Competition Consumer and Economic Regulators or PINCCER.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has granted clearance for Connexa Limited to acquire certain passive mobile telecommunications infrastructure assets from Two Degrees Networks Limited and Two Degrees Mobile Limited. (2degrees).

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed civil proceedings under the Fair Trading Act against Bachcare Limited, alleging that a number of its contract terms are unfair and liable to cause financial detriment to Kiwis and other tourists booking holiday accommodation through the website.

New Zealand competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has published a statement of issues relating to an application from Connexa Limited (Connexa) to acquire certain passive mobile telecommunications infrastructure assets from Two Degrees Networks Limited and Two Degrees Mobile Limited (2degrees).

An investigation by New Zealand competition regulator, The Commerce Commission, has led to a backdown by New Zealand’s largest electricity distribution business, Vector, on moves that would have cost its customers millions of dollars over the coming decades.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has released draft Guidelines on the Application of Competition Law to Intellectual Property Rights, and is now seeking submissions from interested parties.

New Zealand competition regulator The Commerce Commission has granted authorisation to allow industry association the News Publishers’ Association of New Zealand (NPA) to collectively negotiate with Meta and Google regarding the terms and conditions on which participating news media companies’ content is displayed on digital platforms operated by Meta and Google, for a 10 year period.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission is seeking feedback on proposals it says would make it easier for Kiwi consumers to compare telecommunications products and providers.

New Zealand online retailer 1-Day has been fined $840,000 for promotional claims on its online store which were liable to mislead consumers about how long its daily deals would run for and the quantity of stock available.

Australian skincare company, Ego Pharmaceuticals (Ego), has pleaded guilty to two charges under the New Zealand Fair Trading Act, for making unsubstantiated representations about the Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of two sunscreen products - Ego Sunsense Ultra SPF 50+ and Ego Sunsense Sensitive Invisible SPF 50+.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has filed civil proceedings in the Auckland High Court against electricity lines company Vector for failing to meet minimum reliability requirements for four consecutive years.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission says its latest Measuring Broadband New Zealand (MBNZ) report, taken from testing in May 2022, throws the spotlight on broadband performance for gamers and users of other high-bandwidth services.

New Zealand’s competition regulator The Commerce Commission has issued a warning to manufacturer of consumer televisions Panasonic that it believes the company "likely engaged" in resale price maintenance (RPM), which is illegal.

Broadband performance is stable across almost all the plans and providers the Measuring Broadband New Zealand program monitors, with 99% of Fibre 300, Fibre Max and HFC Max plans able to “comfortably” handle four simultaneous high-definition Netflix streams.