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Land and Water Forum - a nine year experiment in consensus-making - bows out
By Pattrick Smellie June 26 (BusinessDesk) - A nine-year exercise in experimental consensus-building among habitual combatants, the Land and Water Forum, is putting itself "into abeyance" and calling for the creation of a new government agency, a Land and Water Commission, to...
Commerce Minister Faafoi ready to regulate credit, debit card interchange fees
By Paul McBeth June 26 (BusinessDesk) - Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Kris Faafoi is ready to wave the stick of regulation if payments service providers hike the fees they charge retailers, and warned he will do so if those charges increase again. Faafoi told the P...
Vector's HRV unit pleads guilty to misleading consumers over water softening claims
By Paul McBeth June 26 (BusinessDesk) - Vector's HRV home ventilation unit has pleaded guilty to misleading consumers over the level of chemicals and additives in the nation's water supply and in overstating the benefits of its water filter system provided. In the Auckland...
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