Brooker v Police - [2007] 3 NZLR 91

Criminal law — Offences — Disorderly conduct — Ingredients of offence when read consistently with Bill of Rights Act — Whether requirement of public element — Whether annoyance sufficient — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 14.

Constitutional law — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 — Freedom of expression — Offence of disorderly conduct — Whether justifiable limitation on freedom of expression — Definition of offence consistent with freedom of expression — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, s 14.