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.
Nine to Noon. Interview of psychiatrist and the mother of a young person suffering from a mental illness. Not upheld (balance, privacy, accuracy, fairness, discrimination and denigration).
Havoc and Newsboy’s Sell-Out Tour. Two episodes contained offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
3 News. News item reported on the proposed regulation of electricity lines companies; a later item focused on tax policies, and the weekly political round-up dealt with various issues. Not upheld (balance, fairness).
3 News and Nightline. News reports that police were hunting an armed robber who had shot a security guard in a shopping centre showed Armed Offenders Squad members approaching a house in Auckland. Complaint that the footage showing their house was a breach of their privacy. Not upheld (privacy).
Holmes. Interview with stepfather of a murdered 13 year-old girl over CYPFA's removal of a foster child. Not upheld (law and order, balance).