BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
Blomfield and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1995-084

3 National News. Interview with Police Assistant Commissioner discussed methods used to control protesters at the Asian Development Bank Conference in Auckland. Not upheld (balance). Not relevant (accuracy).

Clarkson and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1995-085

Law and Order. Episode dealt with some of the difficulties faced by a homosexual police officer who died on duty when his fellow officers failed to support him. Fellow officers were found not guilty when charged with second degree murder. Not upheld (law and order, balance, discrimination and denigration).

Doyle and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1995-086

Last Rites. Film's opening sequence, screened at 8.30pm, showed a "hit woman" intruding on a couple making love and aiming a gun at the man's genitals and shooting. Not upheld (children's interests, violence).

Darcy and SKY Network Television Ltd - 1995-083

SKY's forthcoming summary of the 1995 Five Nations Rugby Championship was dealt with in a promotions videotape. Complaint that the statement about the amount of coverage was inaccurate. Not upheld (content classification).

Ceramalus and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1995-074

Billy Connolly's World Tour of Scotland. Description of scrotum. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).

Hepworth and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-075

Just Kidding. Segment featured a practical joke in which an unattended ticking suitcase was left in a public place. Not upheld (good taste and decency).

Parry and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-076

Emmerdale. Episode featured an armed robbery of a post office and the taking of the post mistress as hostage. Not upheld (law and order, violence).

 

Campbell and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-077

Live broadcast of the celebrations in San Diego after Team New Zealand won the America's Cup. Offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency).

Campbell complained to Television New Zealand Ltd that

Tunnicliff and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-078

Plainclothes. Drug addicts were described as unreliable and untrustworthy "junkies". Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).

Wellington Palestine Group and Television New Zealand - 1995-079

One Network News. While reporting a suicide bombing in Gaza, item referred to the remaining Israeli settlements in Gaza. Not upheld (accuracy).

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