Breakfast. News item on puppies being euthanized by Invercargill City Council. Controversial issues, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
One News. Reported that actor had been “gunned down” by police. Accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Breakfast. Host’s comments about homosexual couples adopting children. Discrimination and denigration. Not upheld.
Close Up. Item about manuka honey industry. Controversial issues. Not upheld.
Q + A, Close Up, One News and Breakfast. Items discussed proposed mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid. Controversial issues, accuracy, fairness and responsible programming. Not upheld.
Close Up. Report on sale of horse meat for human consumption. Law and order. Not upheld.
3 News and Sports Tonight. Presenter’s comments. Good taste and decency, law and order, privacy. Not upheld.
Eyewitness: The Danielle Cable Story. Contained coarse language. Good taste and decency. Action taken. Not upheld.
The Edge. Song with offensive title and words. Upheld (good taste and decency, and responsible programming). No order.
Talkback with Michael Laws. Host made comments about the complainant. Fairness, upheld. Privacy, not upheld. Accuracy, subsumed. No order.