Australia is one of our most important economic partners. New Zealand and Australia have made good progress to remove trade barriers.

The retail grocery sector market study was launched in November 2020 to look into competition in the sector, and today the Commerce Commission released its final report.

We provide advice and support to businesses to help them grow, be more innovative, raise their capability and do business more easily.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has today announced that Joseph Liava’a will be reappointed for a second term as an Associate Commissioner at the Commerce Commission.

The Government has today released a comprehensive response to improve competition in the retail grocery sector, to bring about better prices, quality, range of products and service.

The regulation of the price and quality of goods or services in markets with monopoly characteristics is covered by Part 4 of the Commerce Act, and is implemented by the Commerce Commission.

This section sets out the proposed fees given the level of cost to be recovered after levy revenue has been applied to each register. The tables within each subsection show what the total charge for specific register services would be, made up of proposed fees and applicable proposed levies.

Feedback was received from a public consultation on better protections for vulnerable contractors in 2020.

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) provides advice on relevant international labour issues and assesses the impact of international developments on New Zealand's labour interests.

The Employment Standards Legislation Act aims to encourage fair and productive workplaces and ensure employment law responds to a dynamic business environment.