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• ABC, the New Zealand Audit Bureau of Circulations Inc.
  An independent organisation administered by the various media members; newspapers, magazines, community newspapers, advertisers and agencies. Provides information for publishers seeking circulation audits.
  
  
• Advertising Standards Authority Inc. New Zealand
  The Advertising Standards Authority is dedicated to ensure that not only does advertising comply with the law but it is also truthful and not misleading or deceptive, and that it is socially responsible.The three main objectives are:To seek to maintain at all times and in all media a proper and generally acceptable standard of advertising and to ensure that advertising is not misleading or deceptive, either by statement or by implication.To establish and promote an effective system of voluntary self-regulation in respect to advertising standards.To establish and fund an Advertising Standards Complaints Board. To these ends ASA introduces and amends Codes of Practice. These have been developed for specific categories of advertising where they are considered necessary. Where appropriate the Codes have been developed in consultation with industry, consumer groups and government departments.
  
  
• Allied Press Limited, newspaper publishers
  A locally owned media company with media interests in southern New Zealand. It owns and operates the Otago Daily Times and 8 other newspapers. Channel 9, Dunedin's only local television station, operates as a separate trading division of Allied Press Limited.
  
  
• Communication studies, AUT
  Information for students on media and communication courses available at Auckland University of Technology. Includes details of the academic calendar and staff.
  
  
• Flavour of New Zealand : NZ popular culture 1960 onward
  Steve Kohler's page of facts and information about New Zealand popular culture since 1960. Includes the NZ music charts, lists of local television programmes, and brief news items from 1960 onwards.
  
  
• Magazine Publishers Association New Zealand
  This is the primary source of information and expertise on the magazine publishing industry for members, advertisers and the community.
  
  
• Media scape = He tirohanga pāpāho
  This is a clearinghouse of resources and information about New Zealand media, promoting media literacy, research and the exchange of views. Includes a media directory, tips on media use for families, media debates and issues, research, a glossary, a showcase for top NZ media and awards, NZ media regulations, and activities for children.
  
  
• National Association of Media Educators
  The New Zealand education sector professional organisation supporting the cause of media education. The site describes N.A.M.E., lists news and events; provides information on media studies, an online version of the newsletter Script, and links to relevant sites.
  
  
• New Zealand journal of media studies
  New Zealand Journal of Media Studies is published by the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre. The journal covers topics relating to media studies and media arts of interest in a New Zealand context. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Newspaper industry services
  Information on newspaper industry service organisations, including, the Newspaper Publishers Association Inc (NPA), the Newspaper Advertising Bureau (NAB), the New Zealand Press Association (NZPA) and NZPA Content Services.
  
  
• www.mediawatch.co.nz
  The website for National Radio's Mediawatch, which takes a weekly look at print, radio, television and the Internet. It examines questions of journalistic ethics and media law, analyses media perspectives and delivers the news about the news at home and abroad.