The reaction

Whale Oil may appeal convictions
New Zealand Herald - ‎15 hours ago‎
Blogger Cameron Slater is likely to appeal his conviction and fines and costs of nearly $8000 for breaching suppression orders. Slater was convicted of nine 

Slater guilty of suppression breaches
New Zealand Herald - ‎17 hours ago‎
Whale Oil Blogger Cameron Slater has been found guilty on eight breaches of suppression orders and one of identifying a victim. Slater was found guilty by

Blogger fined for name suppression breaches
National Business Review - ‎17 hours ago‎
Controversial blogger Cameron Slater has been convicted on eight charges of breaching name suppression orders and one of identifying a victim in a sex case.

Blogger guilty of breaking suppression
TVNZ - ‎18 hours ago‎
Prominent political blogger Cameron Slater says he will continue to break name suppression laws, despite being found guilty of the offence at Auckland

Whaleoil blogger fined
Newstalk ZB - ‎2 hours ago‎
There’s hope the penalty handed down to Cameron Slater for breaching name suppression rules will act a deterrent to others. The blogger has been fined $750

Bloggers not above the law – academic
Radio New Zealand - ‎2 hours ago‎
A legal academic says a judgement in the case of blogger Cameron Slater shows bloggers are not above the law. Slater, who writes the Whale Oil blog,

Whale Oil ‘not finished yet’
3News NZ - Simon Shephard – ‎14 hours ago‎
An Auckland judge has delivered a blunt message to bloggers – the internet is no place to hide from the law. The remark by Judge David

Blogger fined for defying court order to withhold defendants’ names
Monsters and Critics.com - ‎16 hours ago‎
Wellington – A New Zealand blogger was fined Tuesday for identifying sex offenders whose names had been suppressed by judges when they appeared in court.

Cameron Slater’s Court Appearance
Voxy - ‎Sep 13, 2010‎
Blogger Cameron Slater is back in the Auckland District Court at 10am today to contest a name suppression order. Mr Slater’s legal counsel has argued there

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater guilty
Stuff.co.nz - Clio Francis – ‎17 hours ago‎
Controversial blogger Cameron Slater has been convicted of illegally identifying several high profile New Zealanders protected by

Name suppression – the judges findings and how to do it properly …
By Lance Wiggs
Whale Oil failed in his case (at least so far) and is up for some eight thousand of dollars in fines and fees. To me it was clear that his actions were breaching the law, but it’s the considered opinion (Thanks Kiwiblog) of Judge Harvey …
Lance Wiggs – http://lancewiggs.com/

Whale Oil ‘not finished yet’ | Scoop News
Despite being convicted of breaking several name suppression orders today, Cameron Slater says his crusade is not over.
www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/national/40971.html

Whaleoil on trial for breaching name suppression orders – Audio …
Marcus Lush talks with the Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago, Andrew Geddis, about blogger Cameron Slater being on trial …
www.radiolive.co.nz/Whaleoil-on-trial-for…/Default.aspx

Whale Oil convicted on nine suppression charges – GrownUps New Zealand
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Slater guilty of suppression breaches
New Zealand Herald
Whale Oil Blogger Cameron Slater has been found guilty on eight breaches of suppression orders and one of identifying a victim. Slater was found guilty by …

Conceptually Mr Slater, you’re done like a large oily whale …
By ethicalmartini
Having said that, I’m not at all surprised that Cameron Slater was today found guilty on eight charges of breaching suppression orders. He knows he did it; we know he did it and now Judge David Harvey in the Auckland District Court has …
Ethical Martini – http://ethicalmartini.wordpress.com/

Whale guilty on 9 out of 10 charges | Kiwiblog
By David Farrar
Judge Harvey has found Cameron Slater guilty on nine of the ten charges relating to name supression. The judgement is here – Police v Slater. I’ll do a fuller post tonight or tomorrow analysing it n depth, and especially any …
Kiwiblog – http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/

K1W1: Name Suppression Activist/Blogger fined MORE than sex offenders
By Jax
As we all know by now, Cameron Slater got fined a total $6750 today for breach ing name sup pression orders on this here web site. Most right-thinking peo ple would agree that the name sup pres sion orders should never have been made in …

K1W1 – http://k1w1jax.blogspot.com/
Cameron Slater, Whale Oil blogger – Post your opinion – Opinion …
Maggie Barry talks to Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater & Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Otago about the judge’s verdict handed …
www.radiolive.co.nz/Cameron-Slater-Whale…/Default.aspx

Cameron Slater’s Court Appearance
Cameron Slater’s Court Appearance Blogger Cameron Slater is back in the Auckland District Court at 10am, Tuesday 14th of September.
oneclick.indiatimes.com/article/0cnc7LT5vm2K5?q=Auckland

cameron slater whaleoil flensed « The Standard
cameron slater whaleoil flensed. This entry was posted on Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 at 4:03 pm and is filed under . You can follow any responses to this …
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Cameron Slater’s Court Appearance
Mr Slater has campaigned against name suppression for nearly a year, using his blog to highlight the stupidity of the current law.
www.allvoices.com/…/6748961-cameron-slaters-court-appeara…

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  • davidg

    Cameron, why don’t you insist they use the full name of your blog? It would be great to hear Judge Harvey saying it from the bench, complete with accent of course.

  • http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/ inventory2

    Flippin’ heck; we help him raise money for his defence, and he can’t even give us a link ;-)

    http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2010/09/whaleoil-guilty.html

  • http://whaleoil.gotcha.co.nz Whaleoil

    Those links were off Google alert

    • http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/ inventory2

      I guessed as much, but I couldn’t resist taking the mickey!

      It’s a bit rough when the Stranded gets a mention ahead of us ….