April 2001
Commission receives five submissions on airports price control critical issues paper
30 April 2001
The Commission's Commerce Act Manger, Geoff Thorn, said that copies of all the submissions will be available from the Commission's website, http://www.comcom.govt.nz/price[/price], within a few days.Relates to: Airports
Commission clears Steel and Tube to acquire Fletcher Steel
27 April 2001
The Commerce Commission today cleared Steel and Tube Holdings Limited to acquire Fletcher Steel Limited.Relates to:
Mainland applies for clearance to acquire Southern Fresh
19 April 2001
The Commerce Commission has received an application from Mainland Products Limited for clearance to acquire Southern Fresh Milk Company Limited.Relates to:
McCain applies for clearance to acquire Heinz Wattie's Feilding factory
18 April 2001
The Commerce Commission has received an application from McCain Foods (NZ) Limited to acquire Heinz Wattie's Limited's potato and vegetable processing factory at Feilding.Relates to:
Vodafone refunds $35,000: message to all advertisers, inadvertently breaching Fair Trading Act is not a defence
18 April 2001
Responding to a Commerce Commission investigation, Vodafone New Zealand Limited has refunded a total of $35,000 to customers that it had overcharged for cellphone text messages.Relates to: Fair Trading
Commission to decide on CHH's proposed acquisition of Central North Island Forest Partnership on May 16
12 April 2001
The Commerce Commission will make its decision on Carter Holt Harvey Limited's (CHH) application for clearance to acquire the Central North Island Forest Partnership on May 16.Relates to:
Kmart and Atlas Imports offer refunds for misleading claims about "genuine" leather belts: possible industry-wide problem
10 April 2001
As part of a settlement with the Commerce Commission, Coles Myer New Zealand Holdings Limited, which trades as Kmart New Zealand, and Atlas Imports Pty Limited today offered refunds and started corrective advertising for making misleading claims that six styles of men's belts were "leather" or "genuine leather".Relates to: Fair Trading
Commission clears merger of New Zealand's two major cinema advertising companies
6 April 2001
The Commerce Commission today cleared of a business acquisition that would merge New Zealand's two major cinema advertising services companies, Television and Media Services Limited (TMS) Media Entertainment Group Limited (MEG).Relates to:
Mitre 10 fined $13,500 for false claims about prices: warning to all chain stores about prices in branches
5 April 2001
Distributing more than a million copies of a booklet that included false claims about prices led to Mitre 10 (New Zealand) Limited being fined $13,500 in the Auckland District Court today.Relates to: Fair Trading
Steel & Tube applies for clearance to acquire Fletcher Steel
5 April 2001
The Commerce Commission today received an application from Steel & Tube Holdings Limited to acquire Fletcher Steel Limited.Relates to:
Ophthalmologists trial set down for February 2002
4 April 2001
The Commerce Commission's case against the Ophthalmological Society of New Zealand and five individual ophthalmologists will go to trial in February next year.Relates to: Business Competition
