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Rethink on milk price inquiry

Milk analysis may scrutinise supermarkets

Commerce Commission plans to look at the supply of raw milk and manufactured dairy products may also open up the "cosy duopoly" of two big supermarket chains to scrutiny, Green MP Sue Kedgley says.

NZ power industry's 'gentlemen's agreement' on market power at risk

Watchdog mulls milk price inquiry

The Commerce Commission is investigating whether it needs to carry out a full-blown probe of the retail prices charged for milk, despite last week telling Parliament's commerce select committee it would not hold an inquiry into milk prices.

Diver tells elaborate tale to explain disappearance

A Wellington diver who made headlines when he mysteriously disappeared from Titahi Bay near Porirua gave an elaborate account of being abducted when he turned up some 300km away two days later.

'Missing' diver pleads guilty

A man who faked his disappearance on a diving trip then turned up at a Hawkes Bay police station had claimed he'd been sexually assaulted, it emerged today as he pleaded guilty to wasting police time.

Leaked Govt broadband plan comes in for criticism

Connections to start at an estimated $47 a month.

Travel contest breached rules, says commission

A radio competition which failed to adequately mention that winners would need to purchase overseas flights to claim their prizes has fallen foul of the Commerce Commission.

Net to get faster, but strings attached