Auckland Area Health Board v Television New Zealand Ltd - [1992] 3 NZLR 406

Injunction — Interim injunction — Defamation — Television programme — Complainants sought injunction to prevent broadcast of an allegedly defamatory television programme and an order for production of the script — Whether Court had jurisdiction to grant injunction — Whether Court had jurisdiction to order production of the script — Whether exceptional circumstances existed justifying injunction or order for production — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 14.

Defamation — Pleading, practice and evidence — Television programme — Interim injunction — Complainants sought injunction to prevent broadcast of an allegedly defamatory television programme and an order for production of the script — Whether Court had jurisdiction to grant injunction — Whether Court had jurisdiction to order production of the script — Whether exceptional circumstances existed justifying injunction or order for production.