Greenpeace New Zealand Inc v Minister of Fisheries - [1995] 2 NZLR 463

Contempt of Court — Pending proceedings — Application for injunction to prevent publication of article allegedly relating to issues in proceedings commenced by applicants — Need for applicants to establish that type of statements sought to be restrained are relevant to issues in substantive proceedings — Whether applicants had done this — Whether "trial by newspaper" a form of contempt in New Zealand — Observations as to applicability of New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 to issue — New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990, ss 5, 14 and 15. — Observations as to whether Attorney-General v Times Newspapers Ltd [1974] AC 273; [1973] 3 All ER 54 (the Sunday Times case) applicable in New Zealand