An Immigrant Nation: From Sri Lanka with Sorrow. Documentary looked at two Sri Lankan families, one Tamil and one Sinhalese, living in New Zealand and explored with them the reasons for their immigration to New Zealand and the links they maintained with Sri Lanka. Complaint that programme was unbalanced in its representation of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, fairness).
Against the Odds. Episode dealt with professional firefighter's trauma following an attendance at a fatal car crash. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
20/20. Item examined concerns about violence and sexual abuse at a Catholic Maori boys' boarding school. Not upheld (fairness, privacy)
One Network News. Item covered the events surrounding the deaths of six people who were shot at Raurimu, including differing views on the need for tighter gun controls. Not upheld (balance).
One Network News. Item referred to Coalition Government's plan to require the unemployed to work in order toqualify for the unemployment benefit. Not upheld (law and order, balance).
Police Rescue. Programme focused on a woman who acknowledged that she had a manic depressive illness for which she was receiving treatment. At the beginning of the programme she threatened to commit suicide by jumping from a high building and, at the end of the programme, she successfully committed suicide when she piped exhaust fumes into her closed-up vehicle. Not upheld (law and order).
Radio Pacific breakfast talkback. Host (Hon John Banks MP) advised a caller not to pay the broadcasting fee. Not upheld (law and order).
One Network News. Sports news dealt with selection of a batsman and showed him practising his batting in the nets. Complaint that liquor signage attached to the nets was prominent. Not upheld (liquor)
One Network News. Weather report did not include a forecast for Central Otago. Declined to determine (balance).
One Network News. One item named a young man recently released from custody when it examined the response to his presence in acommunity close to four schools. Second news item some days later named the mother of a three-month-old child who was left alone while her mother went out. Not upheld: first complaint (privacy). Declined to determine: second complaint (privacy).