Close Up: “Worst Town”. Satirical item on marketing strategy to enhance Palmerston North’s image as a visitor destination included file footage of clock tower and other buildings. Not upheld (accuracy).
Sunday. Item referred to Tokyo as “chaotic”. Not upheld (accuracy).
Close Up. Studio interview about police corruption. Not upheld (controversial issues).
Prime News. Items on train collision referred to the train’s “engine”. Declined to determine (accuracy).
2 Fast 2 Furious. Movie contained violent scenes including torture. Not upheld (violence).
Campbell Live. Host asked, “So there is not some Australian with his or her hand up your bum operating you like a puppet?” during interview with New Zealand Actors’ Equity representatives about The Hobbit. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
3 News. Item about Shane Warne included images of him with topless women with their breasts pixellated. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Q + A. Interview about controversy surrounding production of The Hobbit. Not upheld (fairness, controversial issues, good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
The Tiger’s Tail. Absence of warning before movie which contained rape scene. Upheld (violence). Not upheld (law and order). Subsumed (good taste and decency). No order.
One News Tonight. Teaser referred to Prince William as “the next King of England”. Declined to determine (controversial issues and accuracy).