News item. Reference to Queen as "Lizzie". Not upheld: majority (good taste and decency). Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
All Decisions
Midday. Item reported on a former rugby league international being sentenced to three years imprisonment for supplying drugs. Complaint that the item breached the family's privacy. Upheld (privacy): one aspect, that the item breached the privacy of the player's partner and their son. No order.
Morning Report. Item on the current state housing rental policies and the possible introduction of a private Member’s bill by the Opposition spokesperson on housing. Upheld (balance). Not upheld (fairness).
One Network News and Holmes. Items reported speculation about the future of free-to-air television coverage of rugby while rugby rights were being negotiatied by New Zealand networks. The reports also referred to legislation in Britain and Australia which ensured sports coverage remained on free-to-air television. Upheld (accuracy). Not upheld (responsible programming). No order.
Fair Go. Item dealt with unsatisfactory state of the roof to which a protective coating had been applied 15 months earlier and focussed on the home owners' inability to get their money back from Mr O'Hanlon, trading as Roof Rejuvenators, who had held a franchise from Waco, the manufacturers of the product used. Not upheld (balance, fairness).
Correspondence School programme. An academic of Algerian birth studying in New Zealand read three of her shorter poems in English on National Radio at about 1.10pm. The poems had been published in New Zealand, and the last one was entitled 'Erotica'. Not upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming).
20/20: "Who Cares?" Item examined murder of a father by his son and the suicide of the son. It was reported that the son was a client of the mental health services of Healthlink South. A promo for the item claimed that "desperate pleas for help went unheard and hours later a son killed his father". Not upheld (balance, accuracy, fairness, responsible programming).
3 National News: Ralston segment. Item broadcast between 6.00–7.00pm featured two women who had revealed details of a sexual encounter with a celebrity. Item included Playboy photographs. Upheld (good taste and decency). Not upheld (discrimination and denigration). No order.
95bFM's In the Pink. Obscenity used several times, including in a station promo and in a song. Good taste and decency. No tape. Declined to determine.
X-Files. Two liquor advertisements, one of 90 seconds in duration and the other of 30 seconds, were broadcast in a commercial breakof 3 minutes 20 seconds. Upheld (liquor promotion: saturation). No order.