You are not protected by qualified privilege if you publish a report that is against the law. This is the case even if the report is about something that happened in New Zealand or somewhere else. The law or a lawful order must prohibit the publication of the report in New Zealand or where the report is about.
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Nothing in subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 16 protects the publication of any report or other matter where the publication of that report or matter is prohibited by law, or by a lawful order, in New Zealand or in a territory in which the subject matter of the report or matter arose.
