Television New Zealand Ltd v Rogers - [2007] 1 NZLR 156

Injunction — Permanent injunction — Whether Television New Zealand Ltd to be restrained from broadcasting tape of alleged crime reconstruction and confession — Whether invasion of privacy — Reasonable expectation of privacy — Whether open to High Court to conclude reasonable person in respondent’s position would find disclosure of videotape highly offensive — Whether defence of legitimate public concern aspect available and given proper weight.

Tort — Privacy — High Court permanently restrained Television New Zealand Ltd from broadcasting tape of alleged crime reconstruction and confession — Whether invasion of privacy — Whether recorded confession to murder sufficiently private or personal — Reasonable expectation of privacy — Whether open to High Court to conclude that a reasonable person in respondent’s position would find disclosure of videotape highly offensive — Whether defence of legitimate public concern aspect available and given proper weight.