Director of Human Rights Proceedings v Crampton [2015] NZHRRT 35 [pdf, 151 KB]
...the content of the written warning was true because of its official-seeming nature and its publication by the media. As a distance student representative her constituents could only read about her and make their judgment about her competence and service delivery based on what was in the media. There were about 17,000 students off-campus studying from a distance and they would only know about Ms Chapman from what they read. A deluge of emails from students followed. Some were in suppor...