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).
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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).
Holmes. Item dealt with forthcoming Parole Board hearing for man who had pleaded guilty to the murder of 13 year-old girl and included an interview with the girl’s stepfather who threatened. to "take him". Not upheld (fairness). Not relevant (good taste and decency).
Larry Williams Programme. Item discussed New Zealand’s military ties with Indonesia and the conflict in East Timor. Host's comment about Indonesian military officers training in New Zealand. Not upheld (accuracy).
Radio Pacific talkback. In discussion of Auckland’s controversial Britomart development, the presenter suggested that the developer should return to his home country in Asia. Upheld (fairness). Subsumed under fairness (balance, accuracy, discrimination and denigration). Order (statement).
20/20: "Prisoner of Law". Item examined the situation of a solo New Zealand mother who had given birth to a child in Sydney and what the Australian Family Court required of her. Upheld (fairness). Not upheld (balance). No order.
Nightline. Item reported on an incident involving a BB pistol and said the school’s principal had not been forthcoming when asked about the incident. Upheld (accuracy). No order.