3 News. Item about petition to overturn repeal of section 59 of the Crimes Act included clips of adult smacking child on the bottom. Accuracy. Not upheld.
All Decisions
A Shot at Love II with Tila Tequila. Reality dating show. Classification, content and warning, and children. Not upheld.
60 Minutes. Item about Commerce Commission’s prosecution of a man marketing a fertiliser system. Accuracy, not upheld. Balance and fairness, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $2,182.50 costs to complainant, $2,000 costs to Crown).
Campbell Live. Interview with “medal thief”. Accuracy, upheld. Order (broadcast of statement).
Newstalk ZB. Item reported on two bodies being found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Ugly Betty promo. Classified G but contained sexual themes. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Programme classification, upheld. Children’s interests, upheld. No order.
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.
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.
One News. Duck hunter pointed a rifle at the camera. Good taste and decency and violence, subsumed. Law and order, not upheld.
Target. Presenter's comment on what phone operators had said. Privacy. Not upheld.