For the Love of Mike. Programme involved the leading character's relationship with her psychologist partner when she discovered his treatment of sexual dysfunction among his female patients. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
One World of Sport. Live broadcast of DB Steeplechase. Complaint that it breached liquor advertising rules. Not upheld (liquor).
One Foot in the Grave and trailer. Complaint episode was blasphemous. Not upheld: majority (good taste and decency): programme. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration, children's interests, responsible programming): programme and trailer.
Radio 4ZA in Invercargill. News item about educational standards at a local school. Upheld (balance). Not upheld (responsible programming (children's interests)). Subsumed (accuracy).
Documentary Catching Up. Complaint that childhood reminiscences were inaccurate. Upheld: majority (fairness). Declined to determine (accuracy, privacy). No order.
Rugby World Cup advertisement. Complaint that it was drawing attention to a Steinlager beer advertisement in the Sunday nespapers in breach of the liquor advertising rules. Upheld: majority (liquor). No order.
Funny Business: "Ron the Devil". Complaint that sketch was offensive. Upheld: majority (good taste and decency). Not upheld (discrimination and denigration). No order.
3 National News. Items about rugby league and a fight on an Australian talkback show. Complaint about gratuitous violence. Not upheld (violence).
Orthoxicol advertisement. Complaint that it lacked taste and used sex to sell an unrelated product. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Waiting for God. Complaint that there was gratuitous blasphemy. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).