The News Publishers’ Association (NPA) today welcomed the Commerce Commission’s draft decision to approve the NPA’s application for independent New Zealand news publishers to collectively bargain with global giants Meta and Google for fair payment for journalism used on their platforms.

277 finalists across 60 awards have been selected in the 49th annual New Zealand Media Awards by a total of 90 judges.

28 publishers have to date chosen to join the News Publishers' Association’s (NPA) collective bargaining initiative to seek fair payment from Google and Facebook for the use of Kiwi journalism on their platforms.