TV One. DB Young Guns sponsorship advertisement during cricket commentary. Allegedly aggressive theme. Not upheld (liquor).
All Decisions
Corporate image advertisement for DB South Island Brewery Ltd. Not upheld (responsbile programming): the ad not misleading because it did not make any explicit claims about the advertiser's role as a community benefactor.
Message not included in advertisements. Declined to accept referral (complaint did not refer to a specific programme).
World Cup one-day cricket coverage. Advertisement allegedly not clearly distinguishable from other programme material. Not upheld (responsible programming).
Morning Report. Interview with South African MInister of Foreign Affairs. Declined to determine (good taste and decency: no reply by complainant to Authority's requests for information).
3 National News. Item discussed death in prison cells. Not upheld (good taste and decency, law and order, accuracy).
TV3 advertisement for vaseline showed naked female torso. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Lion Red Big Time. Montage of shots in sponsorship advertisement. Not upheld (liquor).
TVNZ Steinlager beer advertisement. Complaint that it caused offence to women. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
89FM "Candid Call" phone call. Not upheld: majority (good taste and decency). Declined to determine (complaint that Radio New Zealand, having upheld part of the complaint, should have included an apology).