The Strip promos. Promos for AO programme featuring allegedly offensive sexual material were screened in G and PGR time-bands. Upheld (programme classification, shown during 3 News). Not upheld (good taste and decency, accuracy). Not upheld: majority (programme classification, shown during 20/20). No order.
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Destiny Television: Homosexuality, Religion and God. Series of six programmes delivered religious sermons with allegedly offensive comments on homosexual and transsexual people. Upheld (fairness, action taken). Not upheld (law and order, balance, accuracy). Order (complaints referred back to broadcaster for further consideration of action to be taken).
The Book Group. Drama showed a male sex scene. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Holmes. Item about Death with Dignity Bill featured man with motor neuron disease who wanted choice about his time of death. Human interest story which referred to issue of euthanasia. Euthanasia canvassed in other programmes. Not upheld (balance).
Nine to Noon. Ministry of Health official described as Deputy-Director of Clinical Services and “Disinformation”. Upheld (fairness). Subsumed (balance, accuracy). Order (broadcast of statement).
Replay of All Black vs. Springboks rugby match. Commentator's comment. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Holmes. Interview with MP who abstained from voting on the Prostitution Reform Bill, challenged on decision to abstain. Not upheld (balance, fairness).
Checkpoint. Interview with MP who abstained from voting on the Prostitution Reform Bill referred to his Muslim background. Not upheld (balance, fairness).
3 News. Interview with MP who abstained from voting on the Prostitution Reform Bill referred to his Muslim background and blamed him for passage of the bill. Not upheld (balance).
Paul Holmes Breakfast. Host critical of what he regarded as religious bigotry after the Advertising Standards Complaints Board had upheld a complaint about a jeans advertisement. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, denigration).