Close Up. Two items about sign off from health minister for trial involving pig cell treatment. Upheld (fairness). Subsumed (accuracy). Not upheld (balance). No order.
Te Hikoi Mahanga. Footage of car performing burnouts on a public road. Law and order. Upheld. No order.
Kerre Woodham Talkback. Discussion about Falun Gong participation in Auckland City Christmas Parade. Fairness. Not upheld.
One News. Headline summary about National Party and Labour Party plans for financial assistance during economic crisis. Accuracy, upheld. Balance, subsumed. No order.
The Breeze. Host revealed he and his wife had separated and disclosed her name. Privacy. Not upheld.
3 News. Broadcast of secret recording of comments made by National Party deputy leader Bill English. Fairness. Not upheld.
One News. Item reviewed political career of Helen Clark. Balance. Not upheld.
Close Up. Item named doctor involved in misdiagnosis of baby who died from meningococcal disease. Privacy. Not upheld.
3 News. Item containing details of murder and cannibalism. Violence and children’s interests, upheld. Programme classification, not upheld. Good taste and decency, subsumed. No order.
Newstalk ZB. Reference to Sarah Palin’s daughter as “the town bike”. Action taken. Not upheld