Frontline: "Toitu te Whenua". Item examined ownership and development of a block of Maori land. Upheld (balance, accuracy). Order (broadcast of statement).
48 Hours: AIDS in Orange County. Programme about impact of AIDS. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, responsible programming).
One Network News, Tonight. Item dealt with death of mother and included visuals of her funeral. Upheld (privacy). Upheld: majority (responsible programming). Subsumed (fairness, under privacy). Order ($2,500 costs to complainant)
Sex, Sex by Request. Ten-episode series and follow-up composite programme. Upheld: majority (good taste and decency, 2 items in Sex by Request). Not upheld (good taste and decency, items in Sex), Not upheld in Sex or Sex by Request (balance, accuracy, discrimination and denigration, responsible programming). No order.
DB Sport. The words "DB Draught" appeared on screen more than 20 times in a half hour programme. Upheld (liquor). No order.
One Network News. Allegedly offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Holmes: "Penthouse Pets". Item dealt with strip performance. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration, children's interests).
3 National News. Item about a pro-life "Life Chain". Allegedly unbalanced. Not upheld (balance).
The Ralston Group. Programme dealt with contemporary Maori issues, including fisheries. Not upheld (balance, fairness, discrimination and denigration).
Nightline. Item about alleged apparitions of the Virgin Mary in the USA followed by an allegedly satirical piece set in Auckland. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).