Mentions of New Zealand Press Council in New Zealand Parliament debates
New Zealand Press Council has been mentioned in 5 parliamentary debates since November 2005.
Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill
First Reading 24 Nov 2010
Hon LIANNE DALZIEL ... how hard it will be. There are two media jurisdictions at the moment, the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Press Council, for those of us who read or view the news. They exist because we have the right to have matters presented with ...
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill
Third Reading 17 Jun 2008
SANDRA GOUDIE ... process, and it was clearly enunciated to all the committee members, including those of the current Government. The Press Council, amongst others, stated quite clearly that everyone is entitled to privacy of personal space and personal information, ...
Prime Minister
Electoral Finance Bill—New Zealand Herald Coverage 11 Dec 2007
JOHN KEY ... attacks, front-page headlines, editorials, attack stories, cartoons, you name it.”, and that complaining to the Press Council “just doesn’t get you anywhere”; if so, why?
John Key Does the Prime Minister, by mentioning a possible complaint to the Press Council, mean that in her opinion the New Zealand Herald has not been fair and balanced in its coverage of the Electoral ...
Hon Dr MICHAEL CULLEN Clearly, the Prime Minister was not considering a complaint to the Press Council, because she says “there was little point in complaining to the print media’s self-regulatory watchdog, the Press ...
John Key Does the Prime Minister agree with the key principles of the Press Council that “a publication is entitled to adopt a forthright stance and advocate a position on any issue”; and has not the ...
Coroners Bill
In Committee 2 Aug 2006
Hon RICK BARKER ... Electoral Committee has got this legislation right. I read with interest the submissions, such as that made by the Press Council. I draw his attention to what I think is the most important line in that submission: “The Press Council eschews debate ...
KATE WILKINSON ... running the risk of copycat incidents. Again, I think we have to be careful about copycat incidents. If we read the Press Council reports—and I appreciate that the Press Council might have a somewhat vested interest—we see that they state that any ...
Dr RICHARD WORTH
... thinks is right. I express the hope, against the background of the urgings from the Commonwealth Press Union and the New Zealand Press Council that it is time the issue was seriously considered, that if there is to be greater publicity, there should be some ...
... I express the hope, against the background of the urgings from the Commonwealth Press Union and the New Zealand Press Council that it is time the issue was seriously considered, that if there is to be greater publicity, there should be some ...
Second Reading 2 May 2006
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON
... that we have such a protective provision.
On the one hand, we had very powerful submissions from, for example, the New Zealand Press Council, and I will quote what it said because it is very important. The council was concerned with the issue of freedom of ...
... such a protective provision.
On the one hand, we had very powerful submissions from, for example, the New Zealand Press Council, and I will quote what it said because it is very important. The council was concerned with the issue of freedom of ...
Hon PETER DUNNE ... course of events, by submissions that he might make. I believe that the submissions he prepared on behalf of the Press Council were well intentioned and noble, and that a man of his integrity would ensure that if the provision were liberalised, ...