3 National News. Interview with Police Assistant Commissioner discussed methods used to control protesters at the Asian Development Bank Conference in Auckland. Not upheld (balance). Not relevant (accuracy).
All Decisions
Law and Order. Episode dealt with some of the difficulties faced by a homosexual police officer who died on duty when his fellow officers failed to support him. Fellow officers were found not guilty when charged with second degree murder. Not upheld (law and order, balance, discrimination and denigration).
Last Rites. Film's opening sequence, screened at 8.30pm, showed a "hit woman" intruding on a couple making love and aiming a gun at the man's genitals and shooting. Not upheld (children's interests, violence).
SKY's forthcoming summary of the 1995 Five Nations Rugby Championship was dealt with in a promotions videotape. Complaint that the statement about the amount of coverage was inaccurate. Not upheld (content classification).
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland. Description of scrotum. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
Just Kidding. Segment featured a practical joke in which an unattended ticking suitcase was left in a public place. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Emmerdale. Episode featured an armed robbery of a post office and the taking of the post mistress as hostage. Not upheld (law and order, violence).
Live broadcast of the celebrations in San Diego after Team New Zealand won the America's Cup. Offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Campbell complained to Television New Zealand Ltd that
Plainclothes. Drug addicts were described as unreliable and untrustworthy "junkies". Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
One Network News. While reporting a suicide bombing in Gaza, item referred to the remaining Israeli settlements in Gaza. Not upheld (accuracy).