Footnotes

  1. Letters to the Editor: Selection and treatment of letters for publication are the prerogative of editors who are to be guided by fairness, balance, and public interest in the correspondents’ views. Abridgement is acceptable but should not distort meaning.
  2. Council adjudications: Editors are obliged to publish with due prominence the substance of Council adjudications that uphold a complaint.
  3. Public interest is defined as involving a matter capable of affecting the people at large so that they might be legitimately interested in, or concerned about, what is going on, or what may happen to them or to others.
  4. The following organisations have agreed to abide by these principles and provide financial support to the Press Council:
    Metropolitan
    The New Zealand Herald
    The Dominion Post
    The Press
    Otago Daily Times
    Provincial
    Ashburton Guardian
    Bay of Plenty Times
    The Daily Post
    Dannevirke Evening News
    The Gisborne Herald
    The Greymouth Evening Star
    Hawkes Bay Today
    Horowhenua Kapiti Chronicle
    Manawatu Standard
    The Marlborough Express
    The Nelson Mail
    The Northern Advocate
    The Oamaru Mail
    The Southland Times
    Taranaki Daily News
    The Timaru Herald
    Waikato Times
    Wairarapa Times-Age
    Wanganui Chronicle
    The Westport News
    Northern News
    The Wairoa Star
    Sunday
    Herald on Sunday
    Sunday Star-Times
    Sunday News
    Community
    APN Community Newspapers
    Fairfax NZ Community Newspapers
    Community Newspaper Association of New Zealand member newspapers
    Business Weekly
    The Independent
    National Business Review*
    Magazines
    New Zealand Magazines (APN)
    Fairfax Magazines
    Magazine Publishers’ Association

    * Accepts jurisdiction but does not contribute financially

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