BSA Decisions Ngā whakatau a Te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

20/20: “The Golden Weed”. Black market tobacco trade. Accuracy, upheld. Privacy, balance, fairness, not upheld. No order.

3 News. Interview with woman committed under the Mental Health Act. Privacy. Upheld. $1,500 costs to Crown. Decision quashed by High Court.

Sex and Lies in Cambodia. Documentary. Privacy, fairness. Upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $500 to complainant for breach of privacy, $5,000 costs to Crown).

ZM Breakfast. Presenter’s birthday celebrations. Liquor, social responsibility. Upheld. Order (broadcast of statement).

60 Minutes. Interview with person who had recently been released from a prison in Thailand included footage of family and friends at her birthday party and showed a photo of a family portrait. Not upheld (privacy).

Sunday. Police trials. Upheld: majority (balance). Not upheld (accuracy). No order.

Insight. Climate change. Balance. Not upheld.

Morning Report. Good taste and decency, social responsibility. Not upheld.

Close Up. Interviewee’s comments. Good taste and decency, children’s interests. Not upheld.

KFC Drive-by show on Flava. Prank call. Law and order, not upheld. Social responsibility, subsumed under law and order. Fairness, declined to determine.