Radio Pacific. Only part of letter from complainant to talkback host read on air. Not upheld (balance, fairness, accuracy).
All Decisions
Radio Pacific. Talkback host's description of Minister of Health. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
Leighton Smith Morning Show. Talkback host described protest group as a pack of mongrels. Upheld (good taste and decency). Not upheld (discrimination and denigration). Order (broadcast of approved statement).
Channel Z. Competition about method of waking up another person. Offensive behaviour described. Upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming: children's interests). Orders (broadcast of approved statement, $2,000 costs to Crown).
The Edge. Listeners asked to call station mid-afternoon on topic of sex. Upheld (social responsibility: effect on children). Not upheld (good taste and decency). No order.
The Edge: ring-in competition. Some callers’ suggestions violent and cruel. Declined to determine (good taste and decency, law and order, responsible programming: effect on children).
Law and Order. Person with mental illness portrayed as violent, unpredictable and evil. Not upheld (accuracy, balance, discrimination and denigration). Declined to determine (children's interests).
Breakfast. Item on increased ACC levy for motorcycles. Not upheld (accuracy, fairness).
One News and Late Edition. Same item described a person with cholesterol level of 43 as walking time-bomb. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, responsible programming).
Radio Sport: Doug Out. Talkback discussion of South Africa and New Zealand one day cricket match. Host's reactions to callers’ questions about match-fixing allegedly racist. Not upheld (fairness, discrimination and denigration).