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Centre for Psycho-Sociological Development and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1996-014
1996-014

Mr J M Stevenson of Dunedin, Director of the Centre for Psycho-Sociological Development, complained to TVNZ that the item breached the broadcastingstandards as it omitted any reason for the nation-wide strikes.

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Clayton and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2011-077
2011-077

A spokesperson says Mr Harawira travelled to Hui across the country at the time due to concerns about the Māori Party’s relationship with the National Government.

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Oxley and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 2022-105 (22 November 2022)
2022-105

Advocates say they want better training for health providers to work with trans people and make sure they're not being disadvantaged.Reporter: The National Cervical Screening Programme is available to people with a cervix aged between 25 and 69. In most cases, these people, including men who are assigned female at birth, are recommended to test for cervical cancer every three years.

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Christoforou and Al Jazeera Media Network - 2020-054 (16 November 2020)
2020-054

It was not an historical recounting of grievances nor was it attempting to draw comparisons to other nations. It was a representation of the experience of this particular community today.

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Wellington Palestine Group and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 1994-069
1994-069

It reported that the complaint about the three named items had beenassessed under standard R1 of the Radio Code of Broadcasting Practice which requiresfactual accuracy in news items.The first item, a "trailer" broadcast on National Radio just before 7.00am on 28February, stated:Now, looking ahead, shortly international news and sport and then we'll havein-depth reports from Israel, where the government's taking action against theultra-nationalist fringe following the Hebron massacre.

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Sharman and New Zealand Media and Entertainment - 2016-026 (27 June 2016)
2016-026

And by the end of the day, you were reminded of just why this country’s so-called ‘national day’ is such a mess, such an embarrassment, and one of those days that gets treated really by most of us as nothing more than a day off, as opposed to a proper day of recognition.Adding insult to injury is not just the fact that there was no story, given the Treaty isn’t part of the TPP, but that the Government apparently hadn’t talked or consulted on the issue. Are you for real?

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H and Radio Liberty Network - 1996-040
1996-040

The most recent press account available(National Business Review, 22.3.96) reported Mr Henderson's statement that RadioLiberty was keen to get back on air, but did not indicate when that might occur.In these circumstances, the Authority upholds the complaint that Radio Liberty's actionin regard to this complaint was insufficient. It regrets that it cannot impose an order inthe unusual circumstances which pertain.

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Palestine Human Rights Campaign and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1994-118
1994-118

In particular, itdid not point out that East Jerusalem, under United Nations resolutions, was part ofthe occupied territories.TVNZ considered the complaint under standards G1 and G6 of the Television Codesof Broadcasting Practice. They require broadcasters: G1 To be truthful and accurate on points of fact. G6 To show balance, impartiality and fairness in dealing with political matters, current affairs and all questions of a controversial nature.

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Knight and MediaWorks TV Ltd - 2020-020 (4 August 2020)
2020-020

‘The term prat is highly offensive and the accusation that it is due to their upbringing is an attack not only on the English rugby team but the English nation. It is a racist comment.’ ‘The programme was a tirade of abuse directed at the English and made no attempt to examine the consequences to a losing side in such a unique event for the players concerned.’ Accuracy (Standard 9)All of the players bar one (who is extremely tall) had their medals placed around their neck.

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Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 2021-029 (15 July 2021)
2021-029

The Authority found no breach of the balance standard as the item focused on one aspect of the issue and was clearly presented from the iwi’s perspective, and there is ongoing coverage of various viewpoints on the topic.Not Upheld: BalanceThe broadcast[1] An item on Morning Report broadcast on 24 February 2021 (RNZ National) opened:Iwi and the regional council in Hawke’s Bay are at loggerheads over why streams are drying up this summer.

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Ranfurly Village Hospital Limited and MediaWorks TV Ltd - 2014-034
2014-034

While that person may suffer embarrassment in the presence of bystanders, broadcasting the footage on national television is a substantial unjustified further exposure.

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New Zealand Organisation for Rare Disorders and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-131
2009-131

NZORD emphasised that the proposal was not about “mass medication” but rather about taking steps to correct a national vitamin deficiency.

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Housing New Zealand Ltd and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1999-007
1999-007

First, it argued, common sense dictated that a family which had volunteered to reveal their circumstances on national television, including inviting a camera into every room in the house, had implicitly waived its right to privacy. Secondly, it contended that no privacy waiver was required for HNZ to make general comments about overcrowding which this kind of item required.

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Frewen and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1996-089
1996-089

He also pointed out that the culturalstanding of rugby as New Zealand's national sport was one of the elements whichmade the sale of the television rights controversial. The other element, he maintained,was the public expectation that games would be screened on a free-to-air channel.

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Casino Control Authority and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 1994-042
1994-042

It explained that in reaching its decision, it had before it all ofthe material supplied by the Casino Control Authority referred to above and in addition areport from the Managing Director of Mana Maori News.At the outset, RNZ explained that Mana Maori News was supplied to National Radio undercontract between Mana News and New Zealand Public Radio Ltd.

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Judge and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 2023-074 (7 November 2023)
2023-074

In response to the number of ‘ministerial scandals’, Minister Shaw stated ‘I don’t think any Political Party is immune to that’ referring to ‘high profile situations’ leading to resignations within the National Party. He went on to note ‘I think politics is very high pressure and people are under a lot of stress and of course, they are also in the public eye. So when something goes awry, you know, it tends to kind of play out in a fairly spectacular manner in the media.’

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Viewers for Television Excellence Inc and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2002-096
2002-096

TVNZ said: It is accepted that there must always be a balance between compliance with the Bill of Rights Act, and the need to protect children, but note that the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (article 13) which has been ratified by New Zealand guarantees the child "freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds".

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Carter and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2023-113 (20 February 2024)
2023-113

11 December 2023 4 TVNZ’s confirmation of no further comment – 12 December 2023 5 Carter’s clarification of standards raised – 20 December 2023 6 TVNZ’s comments on fairness standard – 30 January 2024 1 See Chris Lau “Lost in translation: How New Zealand’s plan for bilingual road signs took an unexpected turn” CNN (online ed, 29 July 2023), Tess McClure “New Zealand political battle erupts over bilingual road signs” The Guardian (online ed, 7 June 2023), Glenn McConnell “Kiri Allan calls out National

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Credo Society Inc and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 2000-034
2000-034

The programme was broadcast on National Radio on 22 August 1999 between 8.45–9.00am.The Credo Society Incorporated, through its secretary Mrs Barbara Faithfull, complained to Radio New Zealand Ltd, the broadcaster, that the segment was biased and contained unfair and inaccurate comment.

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Anderton and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 2004-081
2004-081

Broadcast [1] The government’s decision not to ban some popular cold and flu remedies, despite their use in the manufacture of the illegal drug methamphetamine or “P”, was the issue covered in an interview with the Associate Minister of Health (Hon Jim Anderton) on Morning Report broadcast on National Radio between 6.00 and 9.00am on 12 February 2004.

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