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A journalist who quit TVNZ and his role on its flagship current affairs show Sunday has spoken of resigning on a point of principle after “off the record”. ....
However, Judge Ema Aitken declined the request and said the matter did not reach the required threshold by a “significant margin”. She said the executor of the man s estate claimed people would not turn up to the man’s funeral due to fear of being stigmatised. Judge Aitken said embarrassment and shame were not grounds to continue name suppression. Cresswell indicated she had instructions from the executor of the man’s will to file an appeal with the High Court. The appeal is unlikely to be heard before the funeral takes place. The former Scout master denied two charges of indecently assaulting a boy in the 1970s. ....