Labour Party Asset Sales Advertisement. Use of the word “damn”. Declined to determine (good taste and decency, election programmes subject to other Codes): complaint frivolous and trivial.
Labour Party Election Advertisement. Statement that “John Key’s only answer is to sell our best assets”. Not upheld (accuracy).
Prime Presents: The Grand Tour: Jeremy Wells and the NZSO. Comments by presenter included references to sexual activity, nudity, and bodily functions. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
More FM. Host discussed “tweet” by celebrity rapper which contained allegedly offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Zindagi Forever. Religious programme included song lyrics in Hindi with English subtitles that made reference to God. Not upheld (controversial issues, accuracy, fairness).
One News. Description of a young skier as “one of the world’s top junior skiers” and "one of the top junior female skiers in the world". Not upheld (accuracy).
Campbell Live. Item reported on Christchurch homeowners living in the government’s red zone with regard to their replacement insurance policies. Not upheld (fairness). Subsumed (accuracy).
Promo for Nothing Trivial. Broadcast during Coronation Street and contained sexual references. Not upheld (children's interests).
Morning Report and RNZ News. Items on the findings of the Waitangi Tribunal included interview with Don Brash and reported his opposition to the report’s recommendations. Not upheld (controversial issues).
A promo for upcoming movies on SKY was broadcast at various times on SKY Sport channels. One of the movies was A Nightmare on Elm Street, and two brief images were shown of the serial killer in the film. A complaint was made under the children’s interests standard. The board declined to uphold the complaint: the images were brief and not disturbing in themselves.