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[This summary does not form part of the decision. ] The Authority has not upheld a complaint about a Women’s Rights Party election programme broadcast on TVNZ 1. The broadcast included a video montage of a protest at a ‘Posie Parker’ rally in Auckland in 2023. The complainant said this footage was distressing as it promoted ‘an anti-transgender and gender diverse agenda’. The Authority did not find any breach of the offensive and disturbing content standard or harm that would justify limiting the party’s political expression. The election programme was clearly identified as promoting the views of the Women’s Rights Party, and was focused on advocacy for women’s rights. The protest footage could not reasonably be said to promote a perspective that is anti-transgender or gender diverse people, and these groups were not referred to during the programme....