Latest Rulings

Darryl Dawson complained that his letter to the editor dated February 8, 2026, was cut in half by the editor. This was explained to him via email from the Editor that she had removed “the list of lefties” from his letter to fit it into the remaining space in the letters page.

RNZ published an article on September 30, 2026, titled 'Relapse is a part of recovery': the round the-clock fight against meth.

NZME published an episode of the New Zealand Herald podcast The Front Page on 20 September 2026, featuring an interview with the owner of the New World supermarket in Kawerau. She spoke about the challenges of running a big supermarket and the possible effects of proposals by various political parties to try to bring down grocery prices.

Stuff published an article on September 5, 2026, titled ‘My bodyguard was found dead’: He claimed he was poisoned. Now he’s bankrupt.

Stuff published an article on June 27, 2026, titled Stuff owner Sinead Boucher: ‘Big tech are sucking the marrow out of our economy’.

Stuff published an article on July 28, 2026, titled Winston Peters calls Greens ‘appallingly retarded’ over data centre ban.

The New Zealand Herald website on August 20, 2026, carried a Ryan Bridge TODAY video interview with Marty Grenfell, the chief executive of Tauranga City Council.

1. On 17 June 2026 the Waikato Times published an article headlined Methamphetamine supply charges in wake of fatal crash that claimed life of US tourists 'denied and remains denied.' The article is a report on court proceedings, with background on the crash and the two people who died.