With innovations like digital wallets and payment apps rapidly transforming the New Zealand payments market, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is asking if the rules for payment services are still fit for purpose.
The Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.
The Minister of Resources is proactively releasing the titles of documents received from MBIE.
Titles of documents the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs received from MBIE in 2020.
In 2025 we amended the Energy Efficiency (Energy Using Products Regulations) 2002 to align the regulations with Australia.
The Government has signed an agreement with Christchurch City Council to manage building consents for new supermarkets all over New Zealand.
Further testing has identified more coloured sand products have returned positive results for asbestos.
The Government has announced decisions to increase maximum penalties for breaching the Fair Trading Act 1986.
Kiwis have lost a gross total of $265 million to fraud over the last 12 months with fraudsters and scammers using innovative methods to prey on vulnerable people.
The Government is amending the penalties for breaching the Fair Trading Act 1986 to provide a strong deterrent for unfair and misleading conduct, and making changes to enable product safety standards to be kept up to date. These changes aim to better protect consumers and provide businesses that trade fairly with a level playing field.
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