A moral truth : 150 years of investigative journalism in New Zealand / edited by James Hollings.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hollings, James (James H.), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Investigative reporting--Moral and ethical aspects--New Zealand.

Investigative reporting.

Journalistic ethics--New Zealand.

Journalistic ethics.

Investigative reporting--New Zealand.

Local Subjects:

Investigative reporting--New Zealand.

Physical Description:

445 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

150 years of investigative journalism in New Zealand

One hundred and fifty years of investigative journalism in New Zealand

Place of Publication:

Auckland, New Zealand : Massey University Press, 2017.

Summary:

"New Zealand has a long and rich tradition of journalism that holds power to account. These stories, dating from 1863 to the present day, go beyond allegation and denial to reveal hidden truths. Some will be well known. Many will not. Some still shock and disturb. All show the craft, compassion, toil and persistence of the journalists and editors who unveiled them."--Back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The first shots

1863: New Zealand's first independent Maori newspaper exposes secret government military preparations for the invasion of the Waikato

2. The first clash

1894: The Evening Post reveals that the head of the defence force is to resign over interference in defence contracts by Premier Richard Seddon

3. Slums and servants

1903 and 1904, The New Zealand Herald: Hilda Rollett investigates Auckland's slums, and the privations of household help in Auckland's wealthy Remuera

4. A hanging and a hangman

1911: NZ Truth campaigns against the hanging of a Maori teenager for a murder, and exposes the identity of the hangman

5. Field Punishment No. 1

1918: NZ Truth queries the brutal treatment of New Zealand soldiers by crucifixion

6. Rainbow visions

1937, The New Zealand Observer. Robin Hyde investigates the rights of Ngati Whatua to Bastion Point

7. To catch a spy

1942: NZ Truth defies wartime censorship to expose the fake spy, Sidney Ross, and how he fooled security police into embarking on a hunt for Nazi saboteurs

8. The last bastion of Victorian cruelty

1955: NZ Truth covers the hanging of Albert Black and encourages the abolition of the death penalty

9. A colour bar

1961: NZ Truth exposes racism in Pukekohe

10. Dishonourable discharges

1972, Taranaki Herald: Jim Tucker pioneers environmental journalism in New Zealand, investigating dirty dairying and polluted rivers in Taranaki

11. The Crewe murders

1972

1979, The Auckland Star: Pat Booth campaigns to free Arthur Allan Thomas from prison

12. Raids and racism

1976: The Auckland Star examines the controversial dawn raids and random street arrests of Polynesian immigrants

13. Litany of lies

1980: The Auckland Star reveals crucial hidden information about the Erebus disaster

14. Chain gang

1984, The Southland Times: Michael Turner exposes meat union corruption

15. Disgraceful conduct

1987, Metro: Sandra Coney and Phillida Bunkle expose an unethical experiment on women with cervical cancer, which leads to a shake-up of medical ethics

16. A slow killer

1992, The Evening Post: James Hollings investigates the contamination of blood supplies with the fatal liver disease hepatitis C

17. Our national shame

1992, Metro: Lesley Max tells the story of the two-year-old who was tortured and killed by her parents, and lifts the lid on child abuse in New Zealand

18. Too close to the police

1996, Sunday Star-Times: Donna Chisholm details the misuse of DNA evidence and helps free a wrongly convicted man, David Dougherty

19. High-country sell-off

2002, New Zealand Listener: Bruce Ansley examines the sale of New Zealand land to foreigners

20. A private sex club

2004, The Dominion Post: Philip Kitchin investigates the police officers who abused teenager Louise Nicholas

21. The big lie

2005: Nicky Hager reveals the cynical electioneering behind the National Party's race-based election campaign strategy

22. Death of a teenager

2007, Sunday Star-Times: Tony Wall asks why a teenager was beaten to death in a prison van

23. Taking on the Crown

2009, North & South: Mike White investigates the conviction of daughter-killer Mark Lundy

24. Data mining

2012, OnPoint: Keith Ng reveals a privacy bungle

25. Stolen identity

2012, The Press: Martin van Beynen exposes the fraudster who helped build Christchurch's CTV building, which killed 115 people when it collapsed

26. Did the police bungle this murder case?

2013, The New Zealand Herald: Phil Taylor campaigns to free Teina Pora, wrongly jailed for the murder of Susan Burdett

27. A failure of moral courage

2013: Rebecca Macfie tells the story of the corporate carelessness that led to the deaths of 29 miners at Pike River

28. The forgotten

2013, Sunday Star-Times: Kirsty Johnston investigates the abuse of the disabled in private care homes

29. Culture of omerta

2013, Pacific Journalism Review: James Hollings details another unfortunate experiment: 25 years of censorship in suicide reporting

30. Dirty tricks campaign

2014: Nicky Hager shows that government security information was used to discredit political opponents

31. A perfect storm of child neglect

2015, The New Zealand Herald: Jared Savage investigates how government welfare agencies let down a boy who murdered a shopkeeper

32. On the trail of tax avoiders

2016, The New Zealand Herald: Matt Nippert names the global companies that pay little tax in New Zealand

33. Victims of the child-killers

2016, Stuff: Blair Ensor tells the story of one boy's death at the hands of his stepfather.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780994141583

0994141580

OCLC:

993043075

Publisher Number:

99993260762