New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Section 74 coroners act 2006

Legal area

Court

19 Jun 2019

TELEVISION NZ LTD v THE CORONERS COURT AT PALMERSTON NORTH [2019] NZHC 1410 [19 June 2019]

Citation

[2019] NZHC 1410
Court

High Court

The suppression order was revoked because no aspect of personal privacy justified name suppression: the witness provided paid public services placing her conduct within legitimate public interest scrutiny, and the coroner did not properly assess public interest when making the suppression order.
27 Nov 2014

MATENGA v THE CORONERS COURT AT DUNEDIN [2014] NZHC 2994

Citation

[2014] NZHC 2994
Court

High Court

The interim non-publication application was refused because the coroner's decision was not unreasonable, the asserted risk was speculative and insufficiently demonstrated, prosecution was unlikely, alternative employer-led safety measures were available, and the balance of convenience favoured maintaining the open coronial process; a limited temporary suppression was granted only to permit appeal and expired 1pm 28 November 2014.