New Zealanders’ tolerance for offensive language in broadcasting has fallen in the past four years, partly reversing a long-term trend of softening attitudes.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has agreed to allow Reality Check Radio to make submissions on the Authority’s jurisdiction over a complaint about online content transmitted by The Platform.
New Zealanders are highly engaged with news media and have more trust in sources that rely on evidence, report in-depth, and are quick to fix – and acknowledge – mistakes…
A radio discussion describing conservation land sought for a controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project as “only stewardship land” breached the accuracy standard, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority has upheld complaints about two 1News reports relating to violence around a football match in Amsterdam between local team Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv.
The BSA has upheld two complaints from Action for Smokefree 2025 (ASH) about two ThreeNews items reporting concerns about ASH.
The Broadcasting Standards Authority welcomes today’s launch of consultation on proposals to modernise legislation for media and content production.