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The advertisement opens with the words ‘you’ll pay dearly under a coalition of Labour, the Alliance and New Zealand First’ then goes on to state that ‘Labour wants tax Increases’.Being unable to reconcile the income-after-tax figures released by the Labour and National Parties because of the different dates from which the figures applied, TVNZ wrote:. . . there is enough truth in the National Party advertisement for it to withstand scrutiny under the codes.
It may mean:1) fairly clear but not absolutely clear2) absolutely clearI put it that the second meaning is intended by the law and that the NZ National Party breaches this condition in its television advertising.
He claimed that this rumour had been startedby the National Government, and that as such, the question should have been prefacedby "The National Party claims . . ." or words to that effect.Mr Norman expressed the view that the National Party had cut immigration levels dueto feedback from a "great many" of its own supporters and contended that all politicalparties have racist members.
He suggested that if the National Party were to survive the election, theinevitable post tax-cut deficits would be used to justify asset sales, increasedgovernment charges and diminished services.Mr Helm pointed to the role of television to provide balance on important issues.
As part of its coverage, TV3 reported, it had discussed WinstonPeters, the split in the National Party and the formation of the New Zealand First Party.TV3 commented:We would like to point out that we did not in fact ignore the Christian HeritageParty.
In the minds of many viewers the cause of this"bad news" would almost certainly have been identified as National Party policies -and consequently would have affected their voting intention.
TVNZ referred to the National Party's adoption of the Heartland theme towhich Mr Thornton responded by arguing that it did not affect his complaint. TheAuthority agreed with Mr Thornton that it did not affect his complaint about thebroadcast of Bread and Roses on 24 October.In regard to that broadcast, the Authority was required to decide whether it breached theobligation on broadcasters to show balance, impartiality and fairness.
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