On Saturday 4 September 1999, [Vaughan Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaughan_Jones) put on arXiv a paper entitled [*Planar algebras, I*](https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9909027).


Until now, this preprint was cited 343 times (according to Google Scholar). It is often cited with the mention "to appear in New Zealand J. Math.", even nowadays after 20 years.


**Question**: Why is this paper not (yet) published? Is it still *under review* in New Zealand J. Math.? What are/were the requests of the referee? Who is/was the referee?


I would like to know the whole truth on this subject. 


*Remark*: for people thinking that I just have to ask him, I want to say that I am not asking this question for myself only, I think that this information should be known to anyone interested in planar algebras from far or near. Moreover, I don't want to annoy him with a question that must have been asked to him too many times...



Why is Planar algebras I (by Vaughan Jones) not published?
This paper is now published in New Zealand Journal of Mathematics Vol. 52 (2021).  

<https://doi.org/10.53733/172>  

[pdf file](https://nzjmath.org/index.php/NZJMATH/article/view/172/61)


