James
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Via email: James <[FYI request #31576 email]>
11 August 2025
Kia ora James
Official Information Act request dated 14 July 2025
We refer to your email dated 14 July 2025 requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act). We have numbered your request for ease of response.
Request: Under the OIA, please provide all emails, texts and notes if any, relating to
the decision on not joining RNZ, NZME and STUFF in becoming a party to the
McSkimming court case, concerning the prevention of media reporting on certain
aspects of the matter.
Response: Responsive information has been withheld on the basis of section 9(2)(h)
of the Act: legal professional privilege applies.
However, in accordance with the Act’s principle of availability, and to assist in
answering your question, we note that it is a matter of public record that TVNZ has
been part of a subsequent action by members of the media in relation to Mr
McSkimming.
If you are dissatisfied with this response section 28 of the Act provides you with the
right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman in order to seek an investigation and
review.
Yours sincerely,
Official Information Requests Team
TVNZ