journalism, writing for the Herald on Sunday and North & South. In 2019, Coddington was a judge for the Voyager Media Awards. Controversy In November 2006, Coddington published an article, "Asian Angst", in North & South magazine, questioning immigration and referencing the high profile of "Asian" crime, talking of a "gathering crime tide" and an "Asian menace". Coddington's article attempted to justify this language by pointing to a 53% increase in police arrest figures for "Asians" over the last 10 years. However she neglected to mention that the corresponding overall "Asian" population had increased by more than 100% in that time and that the arrest rate among that "Asian" population (which was already very low compared to the general population) had halved. A member of the general population was now four times more likely to be arrested than an "Asian". Outraged reaction swiftly followed, and formal complaints to New Zealand Press Council came from the Asia New Zealand Foundation, the head of Journalism at Massey University and a consortium of mostly academics, journalists and ethnic Asian community leaders led by Tze Ming Mok. The following month, the New Zealand Press Council condemned Coddington's article and ordered North & South to print an apology. The Press Council found the language of the article "misleading" and "emotionally loaded". The Council stated that even though journalists are "entitled to take a strong position on issues they address ... that does not legitimise gratuitous emphasis on dehumanising racial stereotypes and fear-mongering and, of course, the need for accuracy always remains". Coddington called the New Zealand Press Council's decision "pathetic". Bibliography (with introduction by Lindsay Perigo) (Coddington and co-author Richard Prebble contributed: "Lessons of freedom and choice".) References External links Coddington now a lover, not a hater Living people ACT New Zealand MPs New Zealand journalists Women members of the New Zealand House of Representatives New Zealand list MPs Libertarianz politicians Unsuccessful candidates in the 1996 New Zealand general election Unsuccessful candidates in the 1999 New Zealand general election People from Waipukurau Members of the New Zealand House of Representatives 21st-century New Zealand politicians 21st-century New Zealand women politicians Year of birth missing (living people)