60 Minutes. Item on girl gangs in Hawke’s Bay. Upheld (privacy, fairness). Not upheld (law and order, balance, accuracy). Subsumed (children’s interests). Orders (broadcast of statement, $3,560.12 costs to complainant, $2,500 costs to Crown).
Close Up. Item about manuka honey industry. Controversial issues. Not upheld.
Breakfast. Host’s comments about homosexual couples adopting children. Discrimination and denigration. Not upheld.
One News. Reported that actor had been “gunned down” by police. Accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Q + A, Close Up, One News and Breakfast. Items discussed proposed mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid. Controversial issues, accuracy, fairness and responsible programming. Not upheld.
Breakfast. News item on puppies being euthanized by Invercargill City Council. Controversial issues, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Close Up. Report on sale of horse meat for human consumption. Law and order. Not upheld.
Island Wars promo. Contestant said “ready to kick some New Zealand arse”. Good taste and decency and children’s interests. Not upheld.
The Graeme Hill Show. Commentary from atheist. Good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration, and controversial issues. Not upheld.
3 News and Sports Tonight. Presenter’s comments. Good taste and decency, law and order, privacy. Not upheld.