Loos and Television New Zealand Ltd

Loos and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1999-054

Members

S R Maling (Chair)
J Withers
L M Loates
R McLeod

Dated

14 May 1999

Complainant

Michelle Loos

Number

1999-054

Programme

60 Minutes

Broadcaster

Television New Zealand Ltd

Channel/Station

TVNZ 1

TVNZ's request to the Authority to recall Decision 1999-053 and not to issue that decision for publication declined.

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Next Decision

27 May 1999 CC and DD and TV3 Network Services Ltd - 1999-055, 1999-056, 1999-057

Black Spots. White Crosses. Documentary focused on some factors which contributed to road fatalities on the Auckland-Waikato Highway and included footage of an accident scene, including some photographs, in which a driver and his baby daughter had been killed. Complaint about the use of these photographs and that some aspects of the footage and commentary were untrue and breached their and their family’s privacy. Upheld (fairness: item intrusive and distressing). Not upheld (privacy, responsible programming). Order ($500 costs to complainant CC).

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