Rulings
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Case Number
Ruling Name
Council Meeting
Principle
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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
-
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
-
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
-
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 -
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
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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 -
3568
THE HONOURABLE NICOLE MCKEE AGAINST THE POST
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3567
UMAR KUDDUS AGAINST THE NZ HERALD
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Discrimination and Diversity -
3566
JOSE AQUINO AGAINST STUFF
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Comment and Fact -
3565
WESTERN MOTOR AND TRACTOR SERVICES LTD AGAINST STUFF
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Corrections -
3564
GEOFF NEAL AGAINST TVNZ 1NEWS
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Discrimination and Diversity
Subterfuge -
3563
GEOFF PARKER AGAINST THE NZ HERALD & NORTHERN ADVOCATE
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3562
SAPNA SAMANT AGAINST RADIO NEW ZEALAND
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Discrimination and Diversity -
3561
BLYTHE COWRIE AGAINST STUFF
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3560
DAMON MATHER AGAINST STUFF
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Confidentiality
Photographs and Graphics -
3559
KEN ORR AGAINST THE PRESS
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3558
SAVE WOMEN’S SPORT AUSTRALASIA AGAINST THE NZ HERALD
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Discrimination and Diversity -
3557
JOHN MALCOLM OVERTON AGAINST STUFF
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact -
3556
TIMOTHEUS FRANK AGAINST THE NZ HERALD
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
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3555
MICHAEL O’NEIL AGAINST THE POST
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Headlines and Captions
Subterfuge
Photographs and Graphics -
3554
GREG SMITH AGAINST STUFF
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Discrimination and Diversity
Conflicts of Interest
Photographs and Graphics -
3553
NEIL WATTS AGAINST THE NZ HERALD
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
-
3552
Mark Hamilton against the NZ Herald
21 October 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Privacy
Comment and Fact
Columns, Blogs, Opinion and Letters
Headlines and Captions
Confidentiality -
3551
RT AGAINST THE GISBORNE HERALD
9 September 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact
Conflicts of Interest -
3550
TRISH HARGREAVES AND MARIE O’BRIEN AGAINST THE POST
9 September 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Corrections -
3549
JOSE AQUINO AGAINST STUFF
9 September 2024
Accuracy, Fairness and Balance
Comment and Fact