Suppression and the Internet: The 'Cyber Memory' Case - A New Zealand Response

In New Zealand recently, a non-binding decision in the Youth Court at Manukau, a division of the District Court, attracted world-wide media coverage and interest because of an unusual attempt by the judge to control internet coverage of aspects of the case.

In New Zealand Police v KOrs,1 Judge Harvey made a partial non-publication order in relation to proceedings before him where three defendants were charged with offences relating to a murder. This order allowed publication of reports about the proceedings in contemporaneous broadcasts or publications. Thus, contemporaneous reporting in newspapers and on television and radio was unrestricted. However, accounts on the internet, or by way of placing of stored audio, video or text files on the internet, were prohib...

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