Radio Sport Farming Show. Host referred to man as “pommy git”. Discrimination and denigration, not upheld.
Native Affairs. Item discussed Education Review Office report on a Māori immersion school Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi. Controversial issues, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
7 Days. Comedy programme containing comments about a named child’s drawing. Upheld (good taste and decency). Not upheld (children’s interests). No order.
Breakfast. Host used the term “schizos” in interview about personality types in the workplace. Discrimination and denigration, fairness, good taste and decency. Not upheld.
All Night Programme. Host said “50 times less power”. Accuracy, declined to determine.
3 News. Item on a police officer dragged under a stolen patrol car stated that the officer was the first police officer in New Zealand to undergo a sex change. Not upheld (privacy).
60 Minutes. Item on girl gangs in Hawke’s Bay. Upheld (privacy, fairness). Not upheld (law and order, balance, accuracy). Subsumed (children’s interests). Orders (broadcast of statement, $3,560.12 costs to complainant, $2,500 costs to Crown).
One News and Tagata Pasifika. Reported investigation into criminal gangs, drugs and weapon smuggling in Samoa. Upheld (balance, accuracy and fairness). Not upheld (law and order). Orders (broadcast of statement, $5,000 costs to complainant, $2,000 costs to Crown).
Sports Tonight. Presenter referred to English netball team as "poms". Discrimination and denigration. Not upheld.
Close Up. Item about manuka honey industry. Controversial issues. Not upheld.