McArthur and Radio New Zealand Ltd

COURT OR TRIBUNAL

Broadcasting Standards Authority

DATE FILED (OR FIRST HEARING DATE)

14/10/2024

LITIGATION TYPE

Constitutional and Human Rights / State Accountability

SUBJECT MATTER

Transparency and disclosure

REVIEW TYPE

N/A

SUMMARY

McArthur complained that a news broadcast on the NZ electricity grid and climate change was, among other things, unscientific and in breach of the Code of Broadcasting Standards in New Zealand [1]–[4]. The Authority did not uphold the complaint: see, eg, [19] which states that, in its proper context (proposed inter-party collaboration on climate change, etc), RNZ’s audience was unlikely to be misled; and [21] which refutes the other complaints by McArthur.

CASE DOCUMENTS

McArthur and Radio New Zealand Ltd [2024] NZBSA 57