New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

7 Format of health messages

• The text of a warning message or an explanatory message must be printed in black—

  • (a) Within a black rectangular border that is no wider than an upper-case letter “i” in the point size used for the English element of the message; and

  • (b) On a white background within that border; and

  • (c) In the type face known as Helvetica; and

  • (d) In the case of a warning message,—

    • (i) In roman font, and upper-case and lower-case letters, as it is set out in column 2 of Schedule 1; and

    • (ii) With the te reo Maori element of the message in a point size such that its risers are two-thirds the height of the equivalent risers of the rest of the message; and

  • (e) In the case of an explanatory message, in bold and roman font, and upper-case and lower-case letters, as it is set out in column 3 of Schedule 1:

  • (f) In type that is—

    • (i) Clear and legible; and

    • (ii) Subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) and regulation 27(1)(c), the same height throughout the message; and

    • (iii) Of normal weight; and

    • (iv) Subject to regulation 27(2), of such a size that the text as nearly as possible fills the background.