This Way Up. Host‘s laughter. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
3 News. Use of word ‘next' in promo. Accuracy. Complaint trivial and vexatious. Decline to determine under section 11(a) of the Broadcasting Act 1989.
The Unauthorised History of New Zealand. Presenter‘s comments and actions. Good taste and decency, law and order, balance. Not upheld.
Close Up. Alleged suburban brothel. Privacy, accuracy, fairness, upheld. Balance, subsumed. Orders (broadcast of statement, $1,000 to complainant and $1,500 to his wife for breach of privacy, $1,152.50 costs to complainant, $3,000 costs to Crown).
Complaint sent to incorrect broadcaster. Authority had no jurisdiction to consider the complaint.
Nine to Noon. Circumcision and STD research. Balance. Not upheld.
Sunday. Trelise Cooper’s and Tamsin Cooper’s fashion brands. Balance, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.
Rude Awakenings. Sex scene. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Close Up. Interview with Chinese family members. Fairness. Upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $1,500 costs to Crown).
The Rock: "Do Stuff to Jimmy" segment. Upheld (social responsibility). Subsumed (law and order). Order (broadcast of statement).