New Zealand Legislation: Regulations
Regulations are laws made under Acts
(1) A candidate may, before the close of nominations, give the returning officer a candidate profile statement for supply to voters.
(2) If the returning officer considers, on reasonable grounds, that any part of a statement provided under subclause (1) is likely to be defamatory or offensive, or is too long, the returning officer may omit or abridge that part of the statement before supplying it to voters.
(3) The candidate profile statement—
(a) must be no more than 150 words long; and
(b) must be in either English or Māori; and
(c) may include an accurate translation into another language of the nominee's choice; and
(d) must be confined to information concerning the candidate and the candidate's policies and intentions if elected to office; and
(e) must comply with any requirements imposed by the returning officer under subclause (4); and
(f) may include a recent passport size photograph of the candidate alone.
(4) The returning officer may impose additional reasonable requirements on candidate profile statements.
(5) The returning officer—
(a) is not required to verify or investigate any information included in a candidate profile statement; and
(b) may include, in or with any candidate profile statement that is published, displayed, or distributed, any disclaimer concerning the accuracy of the information contained in the statement that the returning officer considers appropriate; and
(c) is not under any civil or criminal liability for any act or omission in connection with the performance or exercise of a function or power of that returning officer under this rule, unless that act or omission was done in bad faith.