Abstract
As Professor Ahdar’s text shows, New Zealand’s competition law has undergone an evolution. Views on various practices have changed and this led to academic disagreements. One area, however, has been free from any controversy and that is vertical mergers. The reason is not uniformity of philosophy—but rather more prosaic. New Zealand has not had any cases. This changed with the Vodafone/Sky merger. This article discusses the Commerce Commission’s decision to decline the merger and how it is in line with current thinking on vertical mergers.
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