Breakfast. Presenter deliberately mispronounced the name of the Chief Minister of Delhi. Upheld (good taste and decency, fairness and discrimination and denigration): action taken. Not upheld (responsible programming). Orders (broadcast statement, $3,000 costs to Crown).
Listeners’ Choice Countdown. Song containing offensive language broadcast at 9.30am. Upheld (good taste and decency). Subsumed (responsible programming). No order.
Taken. Movie contained violent scenes. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children’s interests and violence).
News items broadcast simultaneously on The Breeze and Coromandel Gold FM two days running made allegations against a mayoral candidate for the Thames-Coromandel District Council over an email he had circulated; they used the terms “doctored”, “doctoring” and “falsify”. The candidate made a complaint under the accuracy and fairness standards. The Authority declined to uphold either complaint: the terms used were distinguishable as the opinion of his political rivals and were exempt from accuracy under guideline 5a; and the candidate had been given an adequate opportunity to respond, so had been treated fairly.
Not Upheld: Accuracy, Fairness
Noise Control. Complainant shown arguing with noise control officer. Upheld (fairness). Order ($7,000 costs to complainant).
Campbell Live. Items asked “Where has all the aid money gone?” that was received following Samoa’s tsunami in September 2009. Not upheld (accuracy and fairness).
Campbell Live. Item claimed that modelling agency was refusing to put forward a model work because of her hip measurements. Upheld (accuracy, fairness). Not upheld (controversial issues). No order.
3 News. Item stated that “protesters marched through the streets of Auckland calling for illegal whaling to be stopped”. Not upheld (accuracy).
Newstalk ZB. Host said, “have they got their heads so far up their backsides they don’t take any notice of anyone else?” Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Sons of Anarchy. Fictional drama about outlaw motorcycle gang. Not upheld (good taste and decency, law and order).