Cate Brett

Cate Honoré Brett is an award-winning writer with 20 years of experience as a journalist, including a five-year stint as editor of the Sunday Star Times. She has an enduring interest in the rights and responsibilities of the news media and in 2013 worked with media and privacy law expert, Professor John Burrows, on the Law Commission’s report to government recommending the establishment of a single converged standards body for all New Zealand news media. She is currently Chief Advisor of Judicial Development and Communications at the Ministry of Justice.