Notification of the release of the discussion paper and for public consultation and details of how to make a submission were published on 11 August 2007 in the following regional newspapers.
Daily Post (Central North Island)
Dominion Post (Wellington)
Manawatu Standard (Manawatu)
New Zealand Herald (Auckland)
Northern Advocate (Northland)
Otago Daily Times (Dunedin)
The Press (Christchurch)
Southland Times (Southland)
Taranaki Daily News (Taranaki).