New Zealand Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Good taste and decency

Legal area

Court

8 Mar 2021

REEKIE v DISCOVERY NZ LTD (formerly known as MEDIAWORKS TV LTD [2021] NZHC 411

Citation

[2021] NZHC 411
Court

High Court

The High Court upheld the Authority's decisions: Mr Garner's remarks were opinionated, contextualised, and fell within audience expectations for The AM Show; they did not target Māori or prisoners as a protected group, did not meet the threshold for incitement or breach of Standards 1,4,5,6,8 or 9, and the Authority's contextual balancing was a tenable exercise of discretion (not plainly wrong).
6 Mar 2019

Lowry v Television New Zealand Limited [2019] NZHC 351

Citation

[2019] NZHC 351
Court

High Court

Refusal of the extension: although delay was not substantial and some leniency is due to a self‑represented litigant, the proposed appeal raised no matter of public importance and had little or no prospect of success because the BSA's contextual assessment of taste and decency was not 'plainly wrong' and fell within the BSA's expertise; interests of justice therefore did not require granting an extension.