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  2. Vanity award - Wikipedia

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    A vanity award [1] is an award in which the recipient purchases the award and/or marketing services to give the false appearance of a legitimate honor. [2] [3] Pitches for Who's Who-type publications (see vanity press), biographies or nominations for awards or special memberships can have a catch to them in which the honoree is required to pay for recognition.

  3. New Zealand Society of Authors - Wikipedia

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    The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN New Zealand Inc.) promotes and protects the interests of New Zealand writers. It was founded as the New Zealand PEN Centre (Poets, Essays and Novelists) in 1934. [1] It broadened its scope and became the New Zealand Society of Authors in 1994, [2] under the presidency of writer Philip Temple.

  4. List of books banned in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Published Title Author Type Banned by Banned Current status Notes 1880 Nana: Émile Zola: Novel Magistrate's Court 1890 Unrestricted In 1888–89, publisher Henry Vizetelly was prosecuted in the United Kingdom for obscene libel for publishing translated works of Émile Zola. [18]

  5. Suspect in elaborate plot to scam famous authors arrested in ...

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    Federal agents arrested an Italian citizen Wednesday and accused of him running a yearslong scam in which he is believed to have stolen valuable unpublished literary manuscripts, officials said ...

  6. New Zealand Media Council - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1972 as the New Zealand Press Council, it is enabled to hear complaints against newspapers and other publications, particularly regarding allegations of bias and inaccuracy. It can order an offending publication to publish a summary of the Council's ruling, and will generally specify the prominence of the summary (for example, where ...

  7. Consumer NZ - Wikipedia

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    Consumer NZ is governed by an elected board of seven members who hold office for three years. The current chair is Richard Aston. The deputy chair is Sue Kedgley. [8] As part of Consumers’ work on behalf of all NZ consumers, they regularly make submissions to Government and statutory authorities on a wide range of issues affecting consumers.

  8. Better Business Bureau - Wikipedia

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    The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is an American private, 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization founded in 1912. BBB's self-described mission is to focus on advancing marketplace trust, [2] consisting of 92 independently incorporated local BBB organizations in the United States and Canada, coordinated under the International Association of Better Business Bureaus (IABBB) in Arlington, Virginia.

  9. Consumer Reports - Wikipedia

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    Consumer Reports (CR), formerly Consumers Union (CU), is an American nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to independent product testing, investigative journalism, consumer-oriented research, public education, and consumer advocacy.