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The Press Council is considering whether or not it will revisit its ruling on an Investigate article after the magazine produced emails between foreign affairs staff and Air New Zealand, obtained under the Official Information Act.
The council last week ruled that the Investigate's September 2006 article - claiming Air New Zealand secretly flew troops to the Iraq War - lacked fairness.
However, yesterday it re-examined its findings in light of emails and other information provided by magazine editor Ian Wishart.
Council secretary Mary Major said she could not say which way the decision had gone.
"We are going to be releasing a decision but it's just being written at the moment," Ms Major said.
She said a decision on whether or not the new information warranted a revisit of the complaint would be sent out to parties shortly.
But last Wednesday she told nzherald.co.nz that if the new information provided to the council warranted a fresh look at the complaint, then it would be reviewed at the council's next meeting in June.
She said if the new information did not alter the original finding then a decision would be released sooner.
In its original ruling, the council said the cover headline and some of the article's details were inaccurate, including the magazine's claims that the flights to the Middle East had been secret.
It also said the cover montage of an armed soldier, a queue of people and the koru on the tail of an Air New Zealand jet was misleading and inaccurate.
But Mr Wishart told nzherald.co.nz on Wednesday that he had received emails between Air New Zealand and Ministry of Foreign Affairs staff that had been slugged "confidential".
View the council's original decision in full.
- NZHERALD STAFF with NZPA
* This story earlier incorrectly stated that Mr Wishart had said the emails were slugged "secret". He had in fact said the emails were slugged "confidential".
