Eyre v New Zealand Press Association Limited - [1968] NZLR 736

Defamation — Defences — Qualified privilege — Incorrect report of public statement — Communication by press agency to associates without malice and in honest belief as to correctness — Defence of qualified privilege not available

Tort — Liability — Joint tortfeasors — Publication of defamatory statement by newspaper — Statement supplied by newspaper to press agency — Republication by press agency — Newspaper and press agency not joint tortfeasors — Release of newspaper from liability not a release of the press agency.