20/20: “Guerrilla Marc[eting]”. Item about promotional stunt involving discharging explosives on Rangitoto Island. Law and order, fairness. Not upheld.
Hell’s Kitchen: Served Raw. Swearing and blasphemy. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Eating Media Lunch. Subliminal message flashed on screen. Programme information, good taste and decency, law and order, children’s interests. Not upheld.
3 News. Results of political poll. Accuracy. Upheld. No order.
Criminal Minds. Criminal drama involving kidnap and psychological torture. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Nine to Noon. Item about review of Domestic Violence Act 1995. Balance. Not upheld.
One News. Reference to China as “the godless state”. Good taste and decency, balance and accuracy. Not upheld.
Close Up. Allegations that Gisborne soccer player was racist and a wife-beater. Balance, not upheld. Fairness, accuracy, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $2,500 costs to complainant, $2,500 costs to Crown).
Desperate Housewives promo. Showed couples kissing and sexual themes. Children’s interests. Upheld. No order.
Pacific Coast FM interview discussing local politics in Whitianga. Fairness, balance, upheld. Accuracy, declined to determine. Good taste and decency, social responsibility, not upheld. Order (broadcast of statement, $900 costs to complainants).