13 November 2025
Attention: David Farrar
By email: [FYI request #32583 email]
Tēnā koe David
Official information request regarding advice to the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Our Ref: OIA-2526064
I refer to your official information request dated 16 October 2025 for:
any communication between Crown Law and the Broadcasting Standards Authority around
whether a person who publishes audio and video over the Internet can be regarded as a
broadcaster under the Broadcastings Act 1989.
If there is such advice, and it is legally privileged, I would still like to know whether such advice
was sought and given, even if the actual advice can't be provided.
We have found no record of any advice provided by Crown Law on the matter you identified.
Accordingly, your request is refused under section 18(e) of the Official Information Act 1982 as the
information requested does not exist.
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If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact us at
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Nāku noa, nā
Crown Law
Peter Gunn
Crown Counsel
Lev el 2 Justice Centre, 19 Aitken Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 2858 or DX SP20208, Wellington 6140, New Zealand | +64 4 472 1719 | crownlaw.govt.nz
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