BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
Petros and The Radio Network Ltd - 2009-040

Talkback with Danny Watson. Discussion about the Catholic Church’s excommunication of the mother and doctor of a nine-year-old girl in Brazil who had been raped, become pregnant, and had an abortion. Fairness, good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration. Not upheld.

Brooking and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-012

Breakfast. Interview with Garth McVicar from the Sensible Sentencing Trust – discussion about whether sentences in New Zealand were long enough. Balance. Upheld. No order.

King and TVWorks Ltd - 2009-019

Campbell Live. Item about a woman who believed a company owed her $900 – woman shown visiting the company director’s home to demand a refund. Privacy, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.

Bladen and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-020

Breakfast. Host said that obese children “should be taken away from their parents and put in a car compactor”. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.

de Villiers and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-021

Breakfast. Host made statements regarding the death of convicted murderer Antonie Dixon. Good taste and decency, fairness. Not upheld.

Ryan and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-022

One News. Report on poll results showing an increase in support for New Zealand becoming a republic. Balance, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.

Middleton and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-032

Breakfast. Europe correspondent discussed 13-year-old boy who had allegedly fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.

Evison and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-033

Victoria’s Empire. Presenter made statements about the use of the drug opium by Chinese people in the early nineteenth century. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, fairness).

Cooper and SKY Network Television Ltd - 2009-034

True Stories Uncut: Tantastic. Contained shots of naked man. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.

Boulton and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-031

My Wife and Kids. Adult character made references to sex life. Good taste and decency, children’s interests. Not upheld.

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