The Insolvency Review Working Group was a panel of experts set up in November 2015 to examine aspects of corporate insolvency law.

On 17 June 2019 Cabinet made policy decisions on regulations to support measures to address the misuse of the Financial Service Providers Register.

The Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act introduces a new regulatory regime for financial advice.

The exposure draft of the Commerce (Cartels and Other Matters) Amendment Bill was released in 2011, and submissions were received later that same year.

The Commerce (Criminalisation of Cartels) Amendment Act 2019 amends the Commerce Act 1986 to introduce a criminal offence for cartel conduct.

This page provides information about copyright protection in New Zealand including what works qualify, how to protect your copyright and exclusive rights given by copyright.

In September 2018 MBIE released a discussion document on possible options to introduce a disclosure of origin requirement in the patents regime, along with a number of design features that need to be considered if such a requirement is implemented.

We publish reports on economic activity in the regions including summaries of key statistics, in-depth Regional Growth Study reports and Regional Economic Activity Reports.

The competition regime for international shipping agreements is to be transitioned to the Commerce Act. The new provisions take effect on 17 August 2019.

We carried out a targeted review of the Commerce Act, which looked at the misuse of market power, market studies and alternative enforcement mechanisms.