Rulings
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Case Number
Ruling Name
Council Meeting
Principle
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3776
Yujing Li against The Press
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3775
Martin Hales against Radio New Zealand
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3774
Dr Morteza Sharifi against Stuff
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions -
3773
Kenneth Orr against the Nelson Mail
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3771
Karen Arnold against the Otago Daily Times
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3769
Cory Matthew against the New Zealand Herald
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Discrimination and Diversity
Photographs and Graphics -
3766
James Arnott against the Otago Daily Times
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Corrections -
3764
*JK against the Otago Daily Times
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3763
Rocket Lab against Radio New Zealand
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3762
Ernestina Bonsu-Maro against the New Zealand Herald
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Headlines and Captions
Subterfuge
Photographs and Graphics -
3761
Jeremy Nimmo against Stuff
21 July 2025
Comment and Fact
-
3760
Simon Hartman against The Press
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3759
Robert Brassey against the New Zealand Herald
21 July 2025
Headlines and Captions
-
3758
Kelly Bold against the Cambridge News
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3757
Reg Booth and Peter Pickett against the Waikato Times
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions -
3756
Simon Clarke against The Press
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Conflicts of Interest -
3755
Bob McCoskrie, Jose Aquino, Alison Greig, Ellen White, Jon Harris, Trevor Garrett and Louise King against the Sunday Star Times
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Discrimination and Diversity -
3754
Bernie O'Neill against the Southland Times
21 July 2025
Privacy
Confidentiality -
3753
Jenni Yan against Radio New Zealand (Trump)
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions -
3752
Jenni Yan against Radio New Zealand
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions -
3751
Cindy Bellamy against the New Zealand Herald
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Children and Young People
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Subterfuge -
3750
Susan Rowley against the Southland Times
3 June 2025
Discrimination and Diversity
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3749
Richard Goodwin against the New Zealand Herald
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Comment and Fact
Discrimination and Diversity -
3746
Graeme Budler against Stuff
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Confidentiality
Corrections -
3745
Colin Stokes against Stuff and The Press
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Conflicts of Interest
Corrections -
3744
Roger Brooking against Stuff
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3743
Christine Teirney against the Rotorua Daily Post
21 July 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Children and Young People
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Confidentiality
Photographs and Graphics -
3742
Ian Wishart and Catriona Atkinson against Radio New Zealand
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Corrections -
3741
Stephen Marriott against the New Zealand Herald
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Children and Young People
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Corrections -
3740
Thomas Nash against Newstalk ZB (Nick Mills)
3 June 2025
Comment and Fact
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3739
Wayne Smith against the New Zealand Herald
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3738
Geoff Neal against the New Zealand Herald
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Corrections -
3737
Rananjay Singh against Stuff
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters
Headlines and Captions
Corrections -
3736
MJ* against the Southland Times
28 April 2025
Privacy
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3735
Jose Aquino against Stuff (sponsored content)
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Conflicts of Interest
Corrections -
3733
Liz Kelly against The Post
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions
Photographs and Graphics -
3732
Tony & Debbie Pascoe against the Taranaki Daily News
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3731
Michelle Warshawsky against Stuff and The Post
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Subterfuge -
3730
Tom Pearce against The Post
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters -
3729
Ken Orr against The Press and Roxanne Grace against The Post
28 April 2025
Discrimination and Diversity
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3729
Kenneth Orr against Stuff
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3728
Jose Aquino against Stuff (Aotearoa)
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3727
Geoff Neal against The Spinoff
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters
Corrections -
3726
Mark Eliassen against the New Zealand Herald
21 July 2025
Headlines and Captions
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3725
Eric Mattlin and Olivia Coote against Radio New Zealand
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3724
Shama Lee against the New Zealand Herald
3 June 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Corrections -
3723
Graeme Colquhoun against the New Zealand Herald
28 April 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Corrections -
3722
Leon Y. Xiao against Radio New Zealand
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Corrections -
3721
Sally Faisandier against The Post
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3720
Murray Foreman against the Southland Times
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Photographs and Graphics -
3719
Tony Bull against the New Zealand Herald
17 March 2025
Discrimination and Diversity
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3718
Rob Paterson against the Bay of Plenty Times
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Subterfuge
Conflicts of Interest
Corrections -
3717
Gregory Bouwer against the Otago Daily Times
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Photographs and Graphics -
3716
Jose Aquino against Stuff (Trump)
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3715
Ian Hunt against The Press
17 March 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions
Photographs and Graphics -
3714
Eric Mattlin, Kathryn Dorgan and Simon Insoll against Radio New Zealand
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3713
Caleb Day against Radio New Zealand
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Children and Young People
Comment and Fact
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters -
3711
Conrad Petersen against The Post
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3710
Ronald Oldengarm against Radio New Zealand
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3709
Ilyas Patel against the New Zealand Herald
3 February 2025
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters
Discrimination and Diversity -
3708
Jan Love, Kylie Anderson and Judy Crestani against Stuff
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Children and Young People
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Confidentiality
Subterfuge
Photographs and Graphics
Corrections -
3707
Greg Urquhart against the Herald on Sunday
3 February 2025
Headlines and Captions
Subterfuge -
3706
Farhad Moinfar against NZME/BusinessDesk
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Comment and Fact
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters
Headlines and Captions
Photographs and Graphics
Corrections -
3705
Oliver Sanderson against The Press
3 February 2025
Children and Young People
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3704
Dane Giraud against The Post
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters -
3703
Ian Wishart against TVNZ
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions
Corrections -
3702
Ben Polkinghorne against the Herald on Sunday
3 February 2025
Corrections
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3701
Erin Ellis against Radio New Zealand and The Blenheim Sun
3 February 2025
Privacy
Photographs and Graphics -
3700
NZ Film Commission against the New Zealand Herald
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity -
3699
Thomas Nash against Newstalk ZB
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3598
Dharmesh Parikh against Radio New Zealand
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Corrections -
3597
John McLean against the New Zealand Herald
2 December 2024
Children and Young People
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3596
Ian Wishart against Radio New Zealand
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Corrections -
3595
Tracy-Moana Campbell against the NZ Herald
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3594
Jan Rivers against The Press
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3593
NZ Jewish Council against The Spinoff
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3592
Sunkita Howard & Katherine Kahui against the Westport News
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Children and Young People
Discrimination and Diversity -
3591
Geoff Neal against TVNZ
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3590
Andrew Tomlinson against the New Zealand Herald
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3589
Peter Newport against the Otago Daily Times
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Corrections -
3588
John Bryant against Radio New Zealand
3 February 2025
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Discrimination and Diversity -
3587
Christopher Schwartz against Stuff
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Children and Young People
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Confidentiality
Conflicts of Interest
Photographs and Graphics
Corrections -
3586
Jose Aquino against Stuff
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3585
Alistair Goodwin against the New Zealand Herald
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions -
3584
Eden Licht against Stuff
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3583
Geoff Neal against Radio New Zealand
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Discrimination and Diversity
Subterfuge -
3582
Kerry McDonald against The Press
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3581
Geoff Neal against Radio New Zealand
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3580
Deborah Barton against the Marlborough Express
2 December 2024
Privacy
Children and Young People -
3579
Stephen Merriman against Stuff
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Headlines and Captions -
3578
J Holdaway against the Nelson Mail
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3577
Rachael Larsen against Stuff
2 December 2024
Photographs and Graphics
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3576
Simon Tegg against Radio New Zealand
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3575
Chris Lusk against Radio New Zealand
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3574
Leo Li against the New Zealand Herald
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Children and Young People
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity
Confidentiality
Subterfuge
Photographs and Graphics -
3573
Destiny Selby against the NZ Herald
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity -
3572
Heather Morris against the Greymouth Star
2 December 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3571
DAVID BAIN AGAINST THE NZ HERALD
21 October 2024
Privacy
Children and Young People -
3570
DAVID BAIN AGAINST THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES
21 October 2024
Privacy
Children and Young People -
3569
BARBARA MOSES AGAINST THE POST
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Headlines and Captions