“We have since updated our legal training with journalists to cover what assurances they can provide sources and what guarantees they cannot give,” TVNZ told the Herald. Cooke and Leighton are now calling for a ‘shield law’ to ensure news media can guarantee off the record interviews and information from sources will remain confidential. The source should also have the option of allowing off the record information to go on the record in the future. to retain off the record information without fear of seizure." That's at the forefront of this issue - keeping those promises and being able to under the law,” he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 04, 2023 20:32 UTC