7 Days. Allegedly offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
3 News. News reader referred to “Samoan prison guards”. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
News items broadcast simultaneously on The Breeze and Coromandel Gold FM two days running made allegations against a mayoral candidate for the Thames-Coromandel District Council over an email he had circulated; they used the terms “doctored”, “doctoring” and “falsify”. The candidate made a complaint under the accuracy and fairness standards. The Authority declined to uphold either complaint: the terms used were distinguishable as the opinion of his political rivals and were exempt from accuracy under guideline 5a; and the candidate had been given an adequate opportunity to respond, so had been treated fairly.
Not Upheld: Accuracy, Fairness
Listeners’ Choice Countdown. Song containing offensive language broadcast at 9.30am. Upheld (good taste and decency). Subsumed (responsible programming). No order.
Taken. Movie contained violent scenes. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children’s interests and violence).
Promo for Castle. Contained comments, “a big time slugger gets whacked”, and “someone used his head for batting practice”. Not upheld (children’s interests).
Newstalk ZB. Host used the phrase “whack-job Christians”. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
Noise Control. Complainant shown arguing with noise control officer. Upheld (fairness). Order ($7,000 costs to complainant).
Campbell Live. Items asked “Where has all the aid money gone?” that was received following Samoa’s tsunami in September 2009. Not upheld (accuracy and fairness).
Campbell Live. Included shot of topless woman. Not upheld (good taste and decency, and children’s interests).