2013 Slingshot was fined $NZ 250,000 after it admitted transferring competitors' customers to its business without authority. Slingshot pleaded guilty to 50 charges under the New Zealand Fair Trading Act in the Auckland District Court and admitted it had transferred 27 customers' accounts from other ISPs to Slingshot without the customers' authority. References Internet service providers of New Zealand Companies based in Auckland M2 Group New Zealand companies established in 1996 Telecommunications companies established in 1996