New Zealand: Commerce Commission's investigation into HP New Zealand over resale price maintenance arrangement for HP online store and HP online marketplace stores

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
23 Jul 2026 processing consultation
09 Jul 2026 in consultation
04 May 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
New Zealand
Policy Area
Competition
Policy Instrument
Anti-competitive agreements regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
technological consumer goods
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
competition authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

23 Jul 2026
processing consultation

Commerce Commission closes consultation on draft determination on resale price maintenance authorisation for HP New Zealand's online store and online marketplace stores

On 23 July 2026, the Commerce Commission closes the consultation on the draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to Hewlett-Packard New Zealand (HPNZ), an information technology company, to continue engaging in resale price maintenance. …

Event type investigation
Action type consultation closed
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
09 Jul 2026
in consultation

Commerce Commission opened consultation on draft determination on resale price maintenance authorisation for HP New Zealand's online store and online marketplace stores

On 9 July 2026, the Commerce Commission opened a consultation on the draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to Hewlett-Packard New Zealand (HPNZ), an information technology company to continue engaging in resale price maintenance, till…

Event type investigation
Action type consultation opened
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority
04 May 2026
under deliberation

Commerce Commission opened investigation into HP New Zealand's application over resale price maintenance arrangement for online store and online marketplace stores

On 4 May 2026, the Commerce Commission announced an investigation into an application by HP New Zealand Limited (HPNZ), an information technology company, for authorisation to engage in resale price maintenance (RPM). The investigation relates to an…

Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body competition authority