ajw: 
So another exercise in social engineering with governments dictating how people should think.

What is the use of the Commerce Commission if the government changes the law every time they come out with a decision the government doesn't like to protect a monopoly.If government is free to overturn the ruling of "independent" bodies if and when it choses then it makes a mockery of the claim that they are indeed independent. They effectively become a sock-puppet to the whims of their political masters and therefore utterly ineffective -- a giant waste of taxpayers' money.

wellygary:

ajw: 
So another exercise in social engineering with governments dictating how people should think.

What is the use of the Commerce Commission if the government changes the law every time they come out with a decision the government doesn't like to protect a monopoly.If government is free to overturn the ruling of "independent" bodies if and when it choses then it makes a mockery of the claim that they are indeed independent. They effectively become a sock-puppet to the whims of their political masters and therefore utterly ineffective -- a giant waste of taxpayers' money.

The Commission is not independent, it simply administers the law that parliament creates,

Parliament is ultimately sovereign in NZ, and can change anything it chooses, NZ has no overriding constitution......

Whether it should is a matter for another discussion, but this is the situation now 

ajw: 
So therefore we should not have a regulatory body to look after the interests of end users this is what you are saying and let the government make all the decisions to protect monopolies.

wellygary:

ajw: 
So therefore we should not have a regulatory body to look after the interests of end users this is what you are saying and let the government make all the decisions to protect monopolies.

The commerce commission doesn't act in the "interests of end users"  it operates under legislation from parliament 

In this case it is administering the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011. The Act was written by parliament, and the Commission implement it, 

Are you saying that the commission should not be implementing the Act, but should just roam around and decide itself the prices that companies charge customers.......