Feasey report on telecommunications regulation in NZ

The Commission has published a new expert report on telecommunications regulation in New Zealand – covering its history, current state, and future direction.

The report is authored by Richard Feasey, an international expert in telecommunications policy and regulation. Building on his earlier work for us on fibre telecommunications in NZ, published in May 2025, as part of the 2027 Fibre Input Methodologies Review.

In this latest report, we asked Richard to consider how New Zealand’s broader telecommunications regulatory and policy settings could be improved to better meet the objectives of the Telecommunications Act. Taking an international comparative perspective, his analysis reflects on how the market and regulatory environment has evolved since the Act was introduced in 2001.