Sportsnight. Item included part of conference about the Auckland Warriors rugby league team. Not upheld (liquor).
60 Minutes. Item examined the case of a woman who became seriously ill after being prescribed a thyroid dietary supplement by a nurse. During the item, her case was used to question the adequacy of the controls which apply to dietary supplements. Complaint that this breached the balance, accuracy and fairness standards. Upheld (balance). Not upheld (accuracy, fairness). No order.
60 Minutes: "The Bitter Pill". Item examined the case of a woman who became seriously ill after being prescribed a thyroid dietary supplement. It considered the extent of the controls on dietary supplements when compared with orthodox medicines and included some filming at the company which made the supplement and an interview with the company's doctor. Upheld (accuracy, one point). Not upheld (balance, fairness, editing). No order.
A sequence of films was shown within the space of a few days: The Untouchables, You Only Live Twice, Iron Eagle II, Bladerunner and X-Files. The first four were trailered in a promo broadcast on TV2 entitled The Boys are Back in Town. Complaint about the violence in one specific scene and, generally, the excessive violence in The Untouchables, and also the violence shown in the extracts included in the promo. A majority of the Authority upheld the complaint about the excessive violence in The Untouchables broadcast at 8.30pm and, unanimously, upheld the complaint about the promo. No order.
Frontline: "The Tiongs". A two-part item examined the New Zealand activities of forestry company Ernslaw One Ltd, reporting criticism of the company's Malaysian principals' logging companies in Papua New Guinea and Sarawak. Upheld (balance, fairness). Subsumed (responsible programming: deceptive programme practice). Order (broadcast of summary of decision and an apology).
Morning Report. Complaint that in interview with corrrespondent he was described as the correspondent from Jerusalem who reported on matters in Israel, implying that Jerusalem was part of Israel. Accusation that RNZ was broadcasting a deliberate error. Not upheld (accuracy).
Radio Pacific interviews. Author interviewed advanced the thesis that counselling can assist homosexuals change their sexual orientation. Complaint that the programmes were unbalanced, breached the privacy of the callers and denigrated gay people. Not upheld (privacy, balance, responsible programming, discrimination and denigration).
Basic Instinct. Complaint about scene in film where therapist was raped and about opening scene where a man was murdered with an icepick. Decision deferred (good taste and decency): Authority to issue its report of the Review of the Pay Code.
Ireland Calling. Radio programme included an interview with the producer of a television documentary about Irish immigrant families living in New Zealand. One of the immigrants featured in the documentary complained about comments made about him during the talkback programme. Not upheld (fairness): action taken sufficient.
One Network News. Item reported the British Prime Minister's trip to Israel but showed the Yad Veshem Memorial in Jerusalem. Not upheld (accuracy).