3 May 2017
ASG v HARLENE HAYNE, VICE-CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO [2017] NZSC 59 [3 May 2017]
- Citation
- [2017] 1 NZLR 777
- Court
- Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that s200 does not extend to the University's limited, internal, need‑to‑know disclosure: 'publication' ordinarily denotes dissemination to the public or a section of the public and does not capture bare communications to a small group of persons with an objectively justifiable interest in the information; accordingly disclosure to the Vice‑Chancellor and relevant HR personnel did not breach s200 and the appeal is dismissed.