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The
Christchurch Civic Creche Case |
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Radio NZ is contesting
a Broadcasting Standards Authority ruling that it say sorry to convicted
child molester Peter Ellis. Radio NZ's lawyer,
Peter McKnight, said yesterday that an apology was a voluntary expression of
contrition and to order Radio NZ to say sorry to Ellis, when it was not,
amounted to dishonesty. Justice Randerson and
Justice Miller reserved their decision on Radio NZ's appeal in the High Court
at Wellington. Ellis' lawyer, Judith
Ablett-Kerr, QC, said Radio NZ should be prepared to acknowledge it had been
wrong. The order for an
apology, and publication of a summary of the authority's decision in major
newspapers, was the result of a finding that an August 2003 programme was not
fair and balanced. The programme ran an
interview in which a man made new allegations against Ellis. -- Dominion Post |
