Advertising Standards Authority (New Zealand)

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Advertising Standards Authority
AbbreviationASA
Location
  • Wellington
Region served
New Zealand
Budget
$800,000
Staff
5
Website asa.co.nz/

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) is an organisation that investigates breaches of advertising standards in New Zealand. The ASA provides a free complaints process for consumers about the content and placement of advertisements. In assessing complaints, the ASA apply the ASA Advertising Codes. Key requirements of these codes include truthful presentation and a sense of social responsibility. If a complaint is upheld, the ASA formally request the advertisement is removed or amended. Decisions are released to the media and the public via email and online.

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The ASA began when the Committee of Advertising Practice was established in 1973 by the Newspaper Publishers Association, the NZ Broadcasting Commission and the Accredited Advertising Agencies Association. The name was changed to the Advertising Standards Authority and it was incorporated in 1990. It now has 14 member organisations representing advertisers, agencies and the media.

In 2008, there was a total of $2.3 billion spent on advertising in New Zealand. [1] These advertisements attracted 671 complaints to the ASA with 153 being upheld or settled. Of the remainder 140 were not upheld, 317 were judged as lacking grounds to proceed and 61 were withdrawn. [2]

ASA Objectives

The three main objectives are: [3]

Advertising Standards Complaints and Appeal Board

The Advertising Standards Complaints Board (ASCB) is a nine-member board, with five public members and four industry members. [4] The ASCB addresses complaints made by members of the public against ASA Advertising Codes.

Public Members
NamePosition
Raewyn AndersonPublic Member and Chair
Colin MageePublic Member and Deputy Chair
Lachlan GrimwadePublic Member
Everard HalbertPublic Member
Aaron Hape Public Member
Marj NoblePublic Member
Diana RoyPublic Member
Industry Members
NameMember TypeOrganisation
Russell DuncanAdvertiser Land Information New Zealand
Grant MaxwellAdvertiserEightyOne
Abi SkeltonAdvertiser Saatchi & Saatchi
Jessica WallaceAdvertiser The Co-operative Bank
Parris DowneyMediaGo Media
Andrea FaschingMedia TVNZ
Nicole JonesMedia Discovery, Inc.
Daniel KebbellMedia Trade Me
Katrina ReinsfieldMedia Stuff

The Advertising Standards Complaints Appeal Board (ASCAB) is a three-member Board that addresses appealed ASCB complaints. [5]

Public Members
NamePosition
Nanette MoreauChair and Public Member
Susan TaylorPublic Member
Margaret McKeeAlternate Public Member
Industry Members
NamePosition
Paul ElenioIndustry Member
Nigel KeatsAlternate Industry Member

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References

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  2. Watson, Lois (29 March 2009). "No meat in Subway complaint". Sunday Star Times. Retrieved 17 April 2009.
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