Leaders of the Aotearoa Student Press Association say the Speaker of the House is restricting their access to the Parliamentary Press Gallery.
The Association's only press pass to Parliament has been held by Victoria University's Salient magazine for more than ten years.
But last week a routine request to update the access pass was denied.
The Salient's news editor, Ethan Rogacion, says this means they require case-by-case permission from ministers to attend press conferences.
But House Speaker, Gerry Brownlee, says he is simply trying to reduce the number of people who can access Parliament without going through security.
Brownlee says the students are not being denied access to the press gallery, but declined to be interviewed about it.
Rogacion spoke to Corin Dann.
