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Thursday, April 21st, 2011TVNZ has won its High Court appeal over the Broadcasting Standards Authority’s decision to find that a scene in Hung breached the good taste and decency standard. TV3 lost its appeal over the BSA’s breach finding in relation to Home & Away. Analysis soon.
PLEASE RETURN SOONEST
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011RNZ is reporting that John Key used an Air Force helicopter to attend social events. It says John Key can’t respond because he’s overseas. If only someone could create a magical device that would allow us to talk across long distances…
CERA sweepstake
Friday, April 15th, 2011How long before the first amendments are needed to the new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Act?
Que CERA, CERA?
Thursday, April 7th, 2011A scenario: a staff-member at the new Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority leaks some information to the media. Maybe it’s about waste or inefficiency in the recovery effort. Maybe it’s about a raging personality conflict hampering operations. Maybe it’s about a contractor on the take. The minister and the chief executive are furious about the leak. […]
A rod for their own backs
Thursday, April 7th, 2011In the past week or so, both Fran O’Sullivan and Brian Rudman have assailed the courts for removing the Urewera 18’s right to a jury trial. Both are troubled that the reasoning behind the decisions (from the High Court, and then the Court of Appeal) is suppressed. Both say it’s difficult to see how the […]
Worst defamation ever?
Thursday, April 7th, 2011Dismissing Vince Siemer’s appeal against NZ’s highest ever defamation damages award, the Court of Appeal said: We have not had our attention drawn to any worse case of defamation in the British Commonwealth, and our own researches have not disclosed one. Really? It’s hard to imagine they looked very hard. What about the famous case […]
Justice: A book so good that Garth McVicar plans to read it
Monday, March 28th, 2011A new book on the justice system has hit the bookshop shelves. It’s called “Justice: Speaking Up For Crime’s Silent Victims”. The cover features a staunch-looking Garth McVicar, whose name also appears in large letters at the bottom. Guess who wrote this book. Hint: not Garth McVicar. I presume when you open it up you are […]
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Friday, March 18th, 2011Shouldn’t some journalists be asking the government, and Rodney Hide in particular, whether the Canterbury Earthquake Response and Recovery Act follows the principles in the Regulatory Standards Bill…?
The Wikileaks Papers
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011Who said this, and when? It’s time to quit making national heroes of those who steal public secrets and publish them in the newspaper? When whole filing cabinets can be stolen there can’t be orderly government any more. He’s offering aid and comfort to the enemy, putting himself above the President, Congress and the whole […]
Book your copies now
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011I’m working my way through the newly released 6th edition of Media Law in New Zealand by John Burrows and Ursula Cheer. (Actually, this updated version was mostly done by Ursula). It is as comprehensive as ever. If you’re wondering how much media law there has been in the last five years, we now have […]
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