Durie v Gardiner - [2017] 3 NZLR 72

Defamation — Defences — Application to strike out defences — Qualified privilege — Honest opinion — Report by Māori Television regarding plaintiffs’ involvement with Māori Council — Whether defamatory imputations — Expanding qualified privilege — Neutral reportage — Matter of public interest — Reasonableness or responsible journalism — Lange decisions — Freedom of expression — Whether words bearing alleged defamatory meanings — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 5, 14.