Radio New Zealand National News. Item concerning MAF’s approval of the importation by zoos of crocodiles and salt-water alligators. Accuracy and social responsibility. Not upheld.
Underbelly. Programme about mafia-type gangs in Melbourne included coarse language, nudity, drugs and violence. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Newstalk ZB. Item reported on two bodies being found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Scrubs. Storyline involved a patient who had taken erectile dysfunction pills. Children’s interests. Not upheld.
One News. Duck hunter pointed a rifle at the camera. Good taste and decency and violence, subsumed. Law and order, not upheld.
Breakfast. Presenter’s comment about people who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
3 News. Item about Work and Income using taxpayers’ money to pay, on behalf of beneficiaries, the penalty fees incurred in retrieving their impounded cars. Balance, not upheld. Accuracy and fairness, declined to determine.
Breakfast. Item reported that two bodies had been found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
One News. Item looked at a couple running the One World Foundation who had been banned from Samoa because of allegations regarding the legitimacy of their work. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
One News. Item reported on the appointment of Vienna Richards as Niu FM’s news editor. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.