BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
Bartlett (on behalf of the Society for Protection of Community Standards) and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-028

Safer Sex. Programme about sex with target audience in 16 to 25 age range. Not upheld (good taste and decency, balance).

O'Neill and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-029

Safer Sex. Programme about sex with target audience in 16 to 25 age range. Not upheld (good taste and decency, law and order, balance, responsible programming).

MacRaild (on behalf of CORSO Inc) and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-030

Frontline. Programme about CORSO. Not upheld (privacy, balance, fairness).

New Zealand Business Roundtable and Treasury and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-026, 1990-027

Frontline: "For the Public Good". Programme dealt with two topics on electoral system, using extensive interviews. Upheld (accuracy). Not upheld (balance). Declined to determine (fairness). Orders (broadcast of correction and apology; order for TVNZ to refrain from broadcasting advertising programmes for one evening from 6pm to closedown).

New Zealand Immigration Service (Yealsby) and Television New Zealand Ltd - ID1990-001

Holmes Show. Procedural issues, conflicting version of the facts. The Authority ordered the complaint by the New Zealand Immigration Service to be referred back to the broadcaster.

White and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1990-025

3 National News. Item about the torture of an AIDS carrier. Upheld (children's interests). Not upheld (good taste and decency, violence). No order.

Jensen and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-024

Listener advertisement about the Maori Battalion. Praise for the Battaiion attributed to Rommel incorrect. Upheld (accuracy). No order.

Flook (on behalf of the New Zealand National Party) and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-023

Labour Party advertisement concerning the National Party's health and defence policies. Complaint that created false impression. Not upheld (accuracy of election programme).

Malone and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-020

Mini-series Murderers Among Us: The Story of Simon Weisenthal. Complaint about broadcast of advertisements during programme about legendary Nazi-hunter. Not upheld (good taste and decency).

New Zealand Mining and Exploration Association Inc and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1990-021

Prospects. Documentary examined the anti-mining movement on the Coromandel Peninsula. Upheld (balance). No order.

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