Breakfast. Host used the term “schizos” in interview about personality types in the workplace. Discrimination and denigration, fairness, good taste and decency. Not upheld.
All Night Programme. Host said “50 times less power”. Accuracy, declined to determine.
Native Affairs. Item discussed Education Review Office report on a Māori immersion school Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi. Controversial issues, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Radio Sport Farming Show. Host referred to man as “pommy git”. Discrimination and denigration, not upheld.
The Take. Mini-series contained sex scene involving fully clothed couple. Good taste and decency, not upheld.
Target. Broadcast image of the complainant’s business signage during evaluation of another company. Fairness, not upheld.
3 News. Item stated that Polish orphans spent time in Russian orphanages. Accuracy, not upheld.
Radio New Zealand National News. Report referred to “government superannuation”. Accuracy, declined to determine.
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).
One News and Tagata Pasifika. Reported investigation into criminal gangs, drugs and weapon smuggling in Samoa. Upheld (balance, accuracy and fairness). Not upheld (law and order). Orders (broadcast of statement, $5,000 costs to complainant, $2,000 costs to Crown).