Resources - Submissions

Submissions by BusinessNZ to central and local government select committees

ManufacturingNZ has responded to Consumer NZ’s petition calling for mandatory repairability labels on household appliances, arguing that the proposal would impose significant costs on importers, retailers, and consumers without delivering meaningful benefits. The submission highlights the challenges of New Zealand’s small market size, existing labelling burdens, and the greater potential...

BEC supports the work that the EA is doing in making consumer billing easier to understand. However, while we see the benefits that increased switching could have for consumers, the EAs proposal to require six-monthly reviews on better plans would increase operating costs significantly.

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BusinessNZ submission to the Finance and Expenditure Select Committee

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BusinessNZ’s submission to the Ministry for Regulation on the Telco Sector Review

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BEC supports the use of the super-peak product as a way for participants to better manage their risk, which helps to improve competition within the wider market. But BEC also advises to give more time for the market to develop naturally.

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BusinessNZ recommends a risk-based approach to seismic protection

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