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Summary[This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint an item on Newshub Live at 6pm, reporting on a draft report by the Ministry for Primary Industries | Manatū Ahu Matua proposing to ban many events in the sport of rodeo, was unbalanced and unfair.

Bruce advised the photos were not included in the court records he obtained, and that he used the Judge’s minute allowing him access to those records and sentencing footage in order to apply to Newshub archives to relicense the photos. In other words, the photos were not publicly or easily accessible information, or a ‘matter of public record’ in the usual sense, at the time this programme was being produced.

The broadcaster also advised the complainant’s concern regarding correct terminology has been passed on to the Newshub team. The Authority did not consider regulatory intervention justified in these circumstances.Not Upheld: Discrimination and DenigrationThe broadcast[1] A broadcast of Newshub Live at 6pm on 25 January 2023 reported on increased criminal activity in Alice Springs, Australia, following the removal of alcohol bans the previous year.

Broadcasting Standards in New Zealand Codebook, page 1827 Katie Todd “MIQ not justified beyond November, health officials told govt last year” RNZ (online ed, 5.56pm on 19 April 2022)28 “MIQ ending delay justified – Grant Robertson” RNZ (online ed, 7.50am on 20 April 2022)29 Michael Daly “No ‘great conspiracy’ to keep memo on MIQ wind down secret, Hipkins says” Stuff (20 April 2022); Mark Quinlivan “COVID-19: Chris Hipkins can’t say if his office knew MIQ memo from Ministry of Health was being withheld” Newshub

Newstalk ZB (online ed, 30 November 2022); “Lawyer representing the parents who want unvaccinated blood for baby’s surgery ahead of Tuesday’s trial” Newstalk ZB (online ed, 30 November 2022); “Supporters outside High Court hearing on parents refusing vaccinated donor blood for baby” RNZ (online ed, 30 November 2022)9 Outdoors & Freedom Party “Meet the Team” <www.outdoorsparty.co.nz>10 Dan Satherley “Sue Grey, a lawyer spreading COVID-19 misinformation, now under investigation by Law Society” Newshub

Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint an item on Newshub Live at 6pm breached the discrimination and denigration standard. The item reported on the appointment of Chris Hipkins and Carmel Sepuloni as the new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, and discussed the high levels of diversity in the top four positions in Cabinet.

Standards in New Zealand at page 193 Introduction, Code of Broadcasting Standards in New Zealand at page 44 Luisa Girao “Rise in violent offences reported” Otago Daily Times (online ed, 2 February 2023); Lincoln Tan “Hundreds protest against Government’s lack of response to business crime and Sandringham dairy killing” NZ Herald (online ed,4 December 2022); Ireland Hendry-Tennent “Calls for PM Jacinda Ardern to declare crime crisis as dairy owners arm themselves amid spike in violent robberies” Newshub

Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that a Newshub Live at 6pm report regarding water fluoridation and the Three Waters proposal breached the balance, accuracy and fairness standards.

fault-prone Air Force 757s to be replaced earlier” 1 News (online ed, 8 July 2022)11 Guideline 6.212 See: New Zealand Defence Force l Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa “Boeing 757-272” <nzdf.mil.nz>; “Call for fault-prone Air Force 757s to be replaced earlier” 1 News (online ed, 8 July 2022); Isaac Davison “Embarrassing Air Force breakdown reignites calls for new planes and an end to VIP transport” New Zealand Herald (online ed, 25 October 2016); Dan Lake “Inside the RNZAF Boeing 757 used by Jacinda Ardern” Newshub

(online ed, 8 November 2022); William Hewett “National Party Leader Christopher Luxon defends reputation after Newshub poll found Kiwis view him as ‘smarmy’, ‘inexperienced’” Newshub (online ed, 9 November 2022); Newshub “Revealed: Newshub-Reid Research poll shows what Kiwis really think of NZ’s politicians” Youtube <youtube.com>3 Broadcasting Standards Authority | Te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho “Guidance: BSA power to decline to determine a complaint” <bsa.govt.nz>

Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint about an item on Newshub Live at 6pm reporting on the results of the Transport and Accident Investigation Commission’s investigation into a fatal mid-air collision at an unattended aerodrome.

Content, Broadcasting Standards in New Zealand Codebook, page 814 Guideline 1.115 Guideline 1.216 Day & Moss and NZME Radio Ltd, Decision No. 2018-090, at [21]17 As above18 Newstalk ZB “Newstalk ZB – Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive” (accessed 12 December 2022) <newstalkzb.co.nz>19 Day & Moss and NZME Radio Ltd, Decision No. 2018-090, at [21] and [35]20 Ireland Hendry-Tennent “Green MP Slams Heather du Plessis-Allan after interview with teen climate activist sparks bullying allegations” Newshub

However, broadcasts must not seriously violate community norms or disproportionately disturb the audience.7[11] The context in which the promo aired, and the wider context of the broadcast, are crucial in assessing whether the broadcast exceeded this limit.8 We considered the following contextual factors to be relevant in this case: The promo was 16 seconds long and aired during Newshub Live at 6pm. Newshub Live at 6pm is an unclassified news programme targeted at adults.

Upheld: Balance, Accuracy The broadcast [1] An item on Newshub Live at 6pm on 29 May 2022 reported on the alleged ‘reinstatement’ of dangerous starting boxes at Manawatū Raceway. It was introduced: Michael Morrah: Newshub can reveal a greyhound club secured thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to replace their unsafe track with a new, safer one. Then, after the new track was built, the club reopened the old, problematic one.

The Authority did not uphold the complaint, finding the brief, off the cuff comment was unlikely to encourage illegal or antisocial behaviour.Not Upheld: Promotion of Illegal or Antisocial BehaviourThe broadcast[1] An item on Newshub Live at 6pm on 21 September 2022 reported on artist Tāme Iti correcting his name on an artwork by Dean Proudfoot.

Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld a complaint that a segment on Newshub Live at 6pm breached the offensive and disturbing content, discrimination and denigration, and fairness standards. The segment referred to two recent kidnapping attempts, and asked for witnesses to come forward to help identify the alleged perpetrator. During the segment, a video was shown of the alleged perpetrator, who was described as ‘possibly Indian’.

Summary [This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority did not uphold a complaint that two items on Newshub Live at 6pm breached the offensive and disturbing content, and children’s interests standards. The programme included interviewees using the terms ‘shit’ and ‘holy shit’.

and Television New Zealand Ltd, Decision No. 2009-096 where alleged inaccuracies were mitigated by subsequent rectification, or clarification in the same broadcast 23 Guideline 5.124 Guideline 5.125 See sources at footnote 6, above; and Sam Stubbs “Is GST on KiwiSaver fees a stealth wealth tax” Stuff (online ed, 31 August 2022); Anna Whyte “Government makes U-turn on KiwiSaver fee GST proposal” 1 News (online ed, 31 August 2022); “Amelia Wade “Axed KiwiSaver tax: Why the Government backed down” Newshub

Summary[This summary does not form part of the decision.]The Authority has not upheld an accuracy complaint about an item on Newshub Live at 6pm reporting on clashes between mourners and Israeli police at the funeral of a Palestinian-American journalist in East Jerusalem. Footage of the events was accompanied by a caption onscreen stating ‘Jerusalem, Israel,’ which the complainant considered was inaccurate.