Newstalk ZB. News item gave details of child abuse case. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Fanny Hill promo. Promo containing adult themes broadcast during news and G programme. Programme classification and children’s interests, upheld. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Order ($2,000 costs to Crown).
Homegrown. Language in documentary about New Zealand beer. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
The Pretender. Swearing and blasphemy. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
One News and Tonight. Item reported release of Sutch papers. Accuracy, upheld. Balance, not upheld. No order.
The Edge. Broadcast of conversation with listener and her cellphone number. Privacy and fairness. Action taken. Upheld. Order ($1,500 to complainant for breach of privacy).
Shortland Street. Episode included violent scenes. Good taste and decency. Upheld, majority. No order.
Michael Laws’ talkback. Critical comments about the Children’s Commissioner. Balance and fairness. Not upheld.
Game of Two Halves. Included woman whipping man’s partially bare buttocks. Good taste and decency, and violence. Not upheld.
More FM. Discussion about whether men should wear pink clothing. Discrimination and denigration. Not upheld.