Kim Hill interview. Monica Lewinsky was interviewed just after 9.00am. Complaint about one of the interviewer’s questions and complaint that she had a history of asking her guests sexually explicit and intimate questions. Not upheld (good taste and decency, fairness).
Emergency Heroes promos and programme. Episode featured police response to a drink-drive incident. A man was seen being arrested for driving with a blood alcohol level over the legal limit. His voice and facial features were partially obscured in the programme, but the promos for the programme were broadcast unaltered. Not upheld (privacy).
The Great Kiwi Video Show. Item featured alarm shown by two young boys in a bath when dirty water suddenly bubbled up through the plug hole; when one of the boys stood up, a colourful programme logo was superimposed over his genital area. Complaint about the practice of masking innocent nudity. Declined to determine (the Authority no more persuaded that this complaint has any more validity than earlier ones did).
Mad Max 2 – The Road Warrior. File broadcast at 9.15pm contained a scene showing a motorcycle gang member raping a woman and then shooting her. Not upheld (violence: rape scene was brief, viewed at a distance, and did not contain a prolonged focus on sexually violent content).
Emergency Heroes. Item showed police patrol responding to a threat from a woman to commit suicide by jumping from a building. Her former husband claimed this breached the privacy of both the woman and her family, saying she was easily identifiable from her voice and clothing. Not upheld (privacy, children's interests, violence).
Catherine the Great and promos. Period drama and its promos contained some nudity and sex scenes. Not upheld (good taste and decency, programme classification).
One Network News. Item reported a fatality at Western Springs Speedway in Auckland. Footage of the accident showing a spectacular crash before the driver was flung out, crushed by his car and killed was repeated during the item. Not upheld (good taste and decency, violence).
What Now: "Serial Stuff". Character in children’s programme was portrayed eating some oversized food items and made some enthusiastic comments about food; actor playing the character had a larger build than the other actors. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration, children's interests).
Eurotrash. A segment in a programme commencing at 8.30pm focused on a "pornography king" and some of his activities; another segment focused on a large man whose naked body was treated as a work of art and displayed in some European art galleries. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children's interests).
Tonight. News bulletin related China’s decision to veto a continued United Nations peacekeeping force in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Item used the name "Macedonia" on several occasions for FYROM. Complaint that use of the name Macedonia for FYROM was inaccurate and untruthful, and that the broadcast was unbalanced and unfair because the UN had not recognised any country by that name. Declined to determine (accuracy, balance).