5.30 Live. Presenter's critical comment about a show. Declined to determine (balance, accuracy).
All Decisions
TVNZ. Various replays of ear-biting incident in rugby test match. Complaint that provocation leading up to the incident not shown. Upheld (fairness). Subsumed (balance, accuracy, responsible programming). No order.
One World of Sport. Complaint about Steinlager logo being shown eight times in ten minutes. Not upheld (liquor).
One World of Sport. Rugby game, shot of comic character dressed as a beer. Upheld (liquor, A3 c: 'undue focus'). Not upheld (any other aspect re liquor). No order.
Under Investigation. Item dealt with 1957 murder. Complaint about photograph of dead body and about love triangle allegation. Declined to determine (law and order). Not upheld (accuracy, fairness, responsible programming, violence).
Hale and Pace: "DDCup". Skit imitated style of a ZZ Top music video. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
"Manga Film Festival" previewed on Newsnight. Complaint that scenes shown were pornographic. Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance, violence).
Eyewitness. Broadcast of profile of founder Hugh Hefner to record 40 years of the publication of "Playboy" magazine. Not upheld (balance).
Air New Zealand Holiday. Jerusalem as a tourist destination. Complaint that item omitted any reference to Islam and did not record the city's correct legal status. Not upheld: majority (balance, accuracy): omission of any reference to Jerusalem's legal status. Not upheld (balance, accuracy): action taken.
Radio Pacific promo: "The Radio Pacific guarantee: that every opinion is welcome." Complaint about station's policy of refusing to allow Credo Society spokeswoman to speak to host. Not upheld (fairness).