The Journal welcomes letters to the editor about articles it has published, and supports responsible academic debate as an important feature of research and science.

The Editorial Board only considers letters that are received within three months of an article’s publication, and reserves the right to accept, edit, abridge or decline letters.

If a letter is acceptable for publication, the authors of the article are invited to provide a response. The letter and the authors’ response are then published together on the Journal Issues webpage.

The preferred word count of letters is up to 300 words and with no more than five references and one small table, figure or image. In addition, letters need to include:

• email address of corresponding author
• affiliations of all authors
• a declaration of interest statement for all authors

By submitting a letter to the editor, the authors give permission for the Journal to publish any or all of the above content.

Please send letters to the editor at research@nzcom.org.nz