Video Hits-Chart Show. Programme featured "top twenty" music videos. Complaint that three video tracks played on the programme contained sexually explicit images and language. Not upheld (children's interests).
Target. Programme included a brief shot of a man’s buttocks in a skit performed by two actors. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Holmes. Item examined "Operation Youthcare", a police and community initiative in Nelson, and part of the filming took place in the police station where a number of young people were being held or questioned. It was reported that, in some cases, their parents were summoned to the station. Complaint from a parent that his and his daughter’s privacy were breached by the filming. Upheld (privacy). No order.
Teletext. News item reported on the death of a man from head injuries which he had sustained the previous day when visiting a motor cycle club. It also reported that three men who were at the scene "when he was beaten" were being interviewed. Not upheld (accuracy).
Hollywood Sex. Programme looked at some of the more unusual activities which take place in Hollywood’s sex industry. Upheld (good taste and decency). Not upheld (children's interests). No order.
Hollywood Sex. Episode of two-part series dealing with the sex industry in Hollywood depicted various aspects of the sex industry with the emphasis on the curious and grotesque. Upheld (good taste and decency). Not upheld (programme classification). No order.
One Network News, Breakfast and Holmes. News items dealt with the involvement of the Prime Minister’s staff with Timberlands, reporting that although Mrs Shipley had denied such involvement with the company after she became Prime Minister, papers released that day indicated otherwise. Not upheld (balance). Subsumed (accuracy, fairness, responsible programming).
Holmes. Programme interviewed representative of the Airline Pilots’ Association in connection with a strike by Ansett pilots. Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance)
ACT Party political advertisement. Promise about a final treaty settlement. Complaint that claim was incorrect, inaccurate, and designed to confuse. Not upheld (no breach of any standards).
Concert FM weather forecast. Complaint that the weather report was inaccurate. Declined to determine (accuracy): did not raise an issue of broadcasting standards.