BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
Rhodes and The RadioWorks Ltd - 2000-021

Radio Pacific talkback. Host told caller she was stupid for supporting Winston Peters in the upcoming election. Not upheld (good taste and decency).

Thomson and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2000-022

Dating Violence. Documentary recounted the experiences of teenage women who had been involved in romantic liaisons which had turned violent. Not upheld (balance).

Hausmann and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2000-023

60 Minutes. Interview with a bisexual author of erotic books who explained how she had become an expert on the subject of erotica. Complaint that the material was pornographic. Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance, children's interests).

Christian Heritage Party and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 2000-024

3 News. Interview with leader of the Future New Zealand Party. Complaint that programme lacked balance because it had not included an interview with the Christian Heritage Party’s leader. Not upheld (balance).

Ryan and The RadioWorks Ltd - 2000-025

Radio Pacific. Comment by host considered to be denigratory and blasphemous. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).

Bridgman, Crombie, Little and Bonner and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 2000-026, 2000-027

WWF Raw and WWF Summerslam. Programmes featured professional wrestling bouts which had been staged in front of live audiences. Complaint about aspects of the programmes. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigrarion (of women), children's interests, violence).

Maclean and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2000-028

Mulholland Falls, a film about organised crime in Los Angeles, was broadcast at 8.30pm. Complaint that the opening sequence depicted the beginning of oral sex. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children's interests).

Cotterall and The RadioWorks Ltd - 2000-015

Radio Pacific. Talkback host said "Maori is not a culture". Complaint that the comment was racially derogatory and insulting to the tangata whenua. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration): the expression of an opinion.

Watkins and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2000-016

Video Hits – New Releases: "Role Model" music video. Broadcast at 11.00am. Complaint that it was incorrectly classified PGR, as it contained obscene language and imagery. Not upheld (children's interests).

Flint and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2000-017

Crossfire. Debate about the referendum proposition to decrease the number of MPs was between two MPs and did not include a private citizen. Not upheld (balance).

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