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Alice Peacock
21 August 2026
Watchdog wants to protect travellers from high fees, while airport says shifting rules threaten NZ’s infrastructure pipeline
New Zealand’s largest airport is challenging proposed regulatory changes by the competition watchdog that it says could impact “the attractiveness of New Zealand as an investment destination”.
In its annual report published on Thursday, Auckland Airport issues a warning over the Commerce Commission’s proposed changes to input methodologies – how the company calculates its financial returns, values its assets and discloses its spending.
These methodologies act as a rulebook for what a fair profit looks like, affecting how much the airport charges airlines for landing their planes, and charges passengers in fees to cover these costs...
