Montana SundayTheatre: Xmas for Lou. Complaint about language used in New Zealand drama. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
20/20: "Hear No Evil – Speak No Evil". Item about father's incest with his five daughters. Complainant, who was one of the two daughters not inteviewed, had not wanted the programme made and disputed the eldest sister's account of events. Upheld (balance). Upheld: majority (privacy). Declined to determine (law and order, accuracy). Subsumed (fairness). No order.
One Network News. Item on launch of the New Zealand First political party reported that Voters' Voice was closely linked to the right-wing League of Rights and had been kept outside the gates. Upheld (accuracy, one aspect). Subsumed (fairness). Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance, discrimination and denigration, responsible programming). No order.
Frontline. Item focused on electricity pricing arrangements and raised questions about the rates charged to domestic and large commercial consumers. Upheld (fairness). Not upheld (balance, responsible programming). Declined to determine (accuracy). No order was made.
Radio Wha Waho. Light-entertainment series set in a Maori radio station. Complaint that the first four programmes misused the Maori language and invited viewers to laugh at rather than with the Maori characters. Not upheld (good taste and decency, fairness, discrimination and denigration).
National Programme news in Maori. Item on controversy created by essay on the appropriation of Maori symbolism by Pakeha artists. Upheld (accuracy, fairness). Subsumed (balance). Order (broadcast of summary of decision).
Holmes. Item featured visiting American stripper. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children's interests): action taken sufficient. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
DB Sport. Presence of liquor company logos and sponsor's logo. Upheld (liquor): action taken insufficient. Order (broadcast of summary of decision).
TV2. Advertisement for Gordons Gin. Declined to accept the referral of the complaint.
Bread and Roses. Series recounting early life of a recently retired Labour Party politician. Complaint about broadcasting the programme during an election campaign in which the former politician was campaigning on behalf of the Labour Party Not upheld (balance)