About Media Council
Media Council members from left to right: Rosemary Barraclough, Marie Shroff, Liz Brown, Tim Watkin, Jo Cribb, Katrina Bennett, Mary
Major (executive director), Tiumalu Peter Fa’afiu, Sir John Hansen (former chair) Craig Cooper, Hon Raynor Asher (Chair), Christina Tay,
Hank Schouten, Ben France-Hudson and Tracy Watkins.
Ben France-Hudson
Senior Lecturer in property law, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Katrina Bennett
Chief Reporter, NZME Wellington Bureau (Alternate industry member)
Raynor Asher
Independent Chair, QC, Retired Judge of the Court of Appeal, Auckland
Rosemary Barraclough
Journalist, Auckland. Nominee of the Magazine Publishers' Association
Craig Cooper
Editor, Hawke's Bay Today, Hawke's Bay
Hank Schouten
Journalist Representative.
Christina Tay
Restorative Justice Facilitator, Wellington
Jo Cribb
Independent Consultant, Wellington
Jonathan MacKenzie
Restorative Justice Facilitator, Wellington
Liz Brown
Independent Consultant, Horowhenua
Marie Shroff
Independent Consultant and Chair, Electoral Commission, Wellington
Mary Major
Executive Director, Wellington
Pravina Singh
Barrister, Auckland (Alternate public member)
Tim Watkin
Journalist, Auckland
