One World of Sport. Pre-recorded interview with two rugby players showed them wearing jerseys with a liquor company logo. Upheld (liquor). No order.
All Decisions
One Network News. Cricket team shown practising in shirts with large brewery logos on their chests and backs. Upheld (liquor). No order.
One Network News. Cricket team shown practising while wearing t-shirts with large brewery logos on the front and back. Upheld (liquor). No order.
One Network News. Report about likelihood of further redundancies at NZ Rail shown the evening before a general election. Not upheld: majority (accuracy).
One Network News. Item contained shots from the courtroom proceedings of an appeal, which included showing a number of files. Complaint that the full name of one of the children was clearly visible on the folder spines as was the surname of a second. Upheld (privacy). No order: action taken sufficient.
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).