Maarten Holl/Stuff Sir John Jeffries in 2002, on his reappointment as chairman of the Press Council. Robert Kitchin/Stuff Sir John Jeffries retires as chairman of the Press Council in 2005, at a function hosted by Prime Minister Helen Clark at Parliament. Jeffries had mayoral aspirations, but they were thwarted by the reluctance of long-serving Labour mayor Sir Francis Kitts to step aside. Similar concerns troubled him when he became chairman of the Press Council, the industry-funded regulator of the print media. Sources: Bill Jeffries, Trevor Jeffries, Julia Jeffries, Betty Knight, Mary Major, Wikipedia.

Source: Stuff February 15, 2019 15:56 UTC