February 2005
Tony's Vineyard fined $3,000 for misleading and out of date website representations
24 February 2005
Waitakere based Tony's Vineyard Restaurant has been fined $3,000 plus $260 court costs in the Waitakere District Court after pleading guilty to breaching the Fair Trading Act in relation to website promotion of its menu and prices.Relates to: Fair Trading
Telecom convicted for failure to disclose costs associated with telephone information service
23 February 2005
Failing to disclose a 12 cents per minute charge for calls made to an 08322 information line has cost Telecom New Zealand Limited more than $5,500 and a conviction under the Fair Trading Act.Relates to: Fair Trading
Commerce Commission's preliminary view is to revoke Pohokura authorisation
23 February 2005
The Commerce Commission's preliminary view is that it should revoke its authorisation of an otherwise anti-competitive arrangement to jointly market and sell gas produced from the Pohokura field in Taranaki.Relates to: Business Competition
Commission declines Gallagher acquisition of Tru-Test
23 February 2005
The Commerce Commission has declined Gallagher Holdings Limited's clearance application to acquire up to 100 percent of the shares of Tru-Test Corporation Limited.Relates to:
Telecommunications Act: Mobile Termination conference
22 February 2005
The Commerce Commission will hold a three day conference from tomorrow on its draft determination on mobile termination rates. The Commission found in the draft that a regulated reduction in wholesale mobile termination rates was likely to lead to increased competition in the retail market for tolls and fixed-to-mobile calls.Relates to: Telecommunications
Internet Sweep: Spams, Scams and Scams by Spam
21 February 2005
Scams circulated by spam are the focus of a two day Commerce Commission internet sweep commencing today. The sweep contributes to a month-long international crackdown on spam by more than 20 enforcement agencies, organised by the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network (ICPEN).Relates to: Fair Trading
Southern Cross cleared to acquire Auckland Surgical Centre
17 February 2005
The Commerce Commission has cleared Southern Cross Health Trust or its interconnected body corporate (the Trust) to acquire the assets of Auckland Surgical Centre Limited (ASC).Relates to:
Shackel Motor Company acknowledges misleading consumers
16 February 2005
Second hand car dealer K2 Motor Company, trading as Shackel Motor Company, acknowledges it made misleading representations about the price of vehicles offered for sale at its two Wellington car sale yards, and that it made misleading representations about the availability of gifts in print advertising.Relates to: Fair Trading
Commerce Commission reminds industry: comply with information powers or face prosecution
16 February 2005
Commerce Commission Chair Paula Rebstock reinforced the Commission's strong stance on compliance with its information requisitioning powers in front of a chief executives forum in Wellington today with the announcement that the Commission is prosecuting a company and an individual for withholding documents requested as part of a Commission investigation.Relates to: Business Competition
Progressive Enterprises Limited admits bicycle labelling breach
9 February 2005
An admission by Progressive Enterprises Limited that it breached the Fair Trading Act by selling partially assembled bicycles without the safety warnings and assembly instructions sends a warning to all retailers, the Commerce Commission Director of Fair Trading Deborah Battell said today.Relates to: Fair Trading
Telecommunications Act: Broadband monitoring
4 February 2005
The Commerce Commission has completed its monitoring, for the quarter ending December 31st 2004, of uptake of residential broadband services provided or supported by Telecom New Zealand Limited.Relates to: Telecommunications
