Contents

• General Information
• Letter to Minister
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Summary
  • The purpose of our review
  • Key conclusions
  • Summary of recommendations
  • Implementation
  • Recommendations
• Chapter 1 - Introduction
  • The purpose of our review
  • The New Zealand context
  • Our approach
• Chapter 2 - The News Media’s rights and responsibilities
  • Introduction
  • News Media legal privileges and exemptions
  • News Media responsibilities
  • The policy problem
• Chapter 3 - Defining “news media” for the purposes of the law
  • Introduction
  • The role of the News Media
  • Defining “news media”
  • Our proposed statutory definition of “news media”
• Chapter 4 - What form of accountability?
  • Introduction
  • The regulatory spectrum
  • What type of accountability?
  • What we conclude
• Chapter 5 - Convergence – the case for reforming oversight of news standards
  • Introduction
  • Convergence – the policy problem
  • Current regulatory models
  • Assessment of strengths and weaknesses
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 6 - The international perspective
  • Introduction
  • Regulatory convergence
  • Membership – voluntary or compulsory
  • Membership incentives
  • Powers and remedies
  • Funding
  • Form of converged news standards body – extent of statutory backdrop
  • Conclusion
• Chapter 7 - Ethical journalism – a new approach to media standards in the digital age
  • Introduction
  • Principles and policy objectives
  • The News Media Standards Authority
  • Who should be subject to the NMSA?
  • Legislative implications
  • How to bring the new regime into force
  • Recommendations
• Chapter 8 - Entertainment
  • Introduction
  • The present position
  • The problem requiring attention
  • Recommendations
• Appendix A - Ministerial Briefing Paper
• Appendix B - List of submitters