[Draco T Bastard]

Originally Posted by Ab

The current law, the Electoral Act, was only passed in 1993.

But electioneering restrictions have been in place for over a century in NZ.

Have you lost your mind?

I'll quote the EFB that was released by the select committee yesterday again

The following 〈publications〉are not election advertisements:

(a)  an advertisement that is published by the Chief Electo-
     ral Officer, the Chief Registrar of Electors, the Electoral
     Commission, or any other agency charged with respon-
     sibilities in relation to the conduct of any official public-
     ity or information campaign to be conducted on behalf          5
     of the Government of New Zealand and relating to
     electoral matters or the conduct of any general election
     or by-election and which either contains a statement
     indicating that the advertisement has been authorised by
     that officer or agency, or contains a symbol indicating         10
     that the advertisement has been authorised by that
     officer or agency:
                   Struck out (majority)
<snip>
                      New (majority)
(c)  any editorial material, other than advertising material,
     in a periodical that is written by, or is selected by or
     with the authority of, the editor solely for the purpose of
     informing, enlightening, or entertaining readers:
(d) any broadcast, in relation to an election, of news or of
     comments or of current affairs programmes:
(da) any editorial material, other than advertising material,
     published on a news media website that is written by, or
     selected by or with the authority of, the editor or person
     responsible for the website solely for the purpose of
     informing, enlightening, or entertaining readers:

They made it broad and then put in some exceptions. This website and others like it are one of the exceptions (see bold part). This is, IMO, how to make a good law.