BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
King and TVWorks Ltd - 2009-019

Campbell Live. Item about a woman who believed a company owed her $900 – woman shown visiting the company director’s home to demand a refund. Privacy, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.

de Villiers and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-021

Breakfast. Host made statements regarding the death of convicted murderer Antonie Dixon. Good taste and decency, fairness. Not upheld.

Petros and The Radio Network Ltd - 2009-040

Talkback with Danny Watson. Discussion about the Catholic Church’s excommunication of the mother and doctor of a nine-year-old girl in Brazil who had been raped, become pregnant, and had an abortion. Fairness, good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration. Not upheld.

Brooking and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-012

Breakfast. Interview with Garth McVicar from the Sensible Sentencing Trust – discussion about whether sentences in New Zealand were long enough. Balance. Upheld. No order.

Ryan and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-022

One News. Report on poll results showing an increase in support for New Zealand becoming a republic. Balance, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.

Evison and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-033

Victoria’s Empire. Presenter made statements about the use of the drug opium by Chinese people in the early nineteenth century. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, fairness).

Brown and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 2009-035

Morning Report. Interview with South African Rugby Union President about the possibility of a rugby game against the New Zealand Māori team. Fairness. Not upheld.

Turley and Television New Zealand Ltd - 2009-037

Close Up. Item on the standard of care in rest homes in New Zealand – producer went undercover as a caregiver for five days in a rest home on Auckland’s North Shore. Balance, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.

Cleary and Talacek and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-125

Downsize Me! Recommendations on weight loss and nutrition. Accuracy. Not upheld.

New Zealand Dietetic Association and TVWorks Ltd - 2008-141

Downsize Me! Recommendations on weightloss and nutrition. Accuracy. One aspect upheld. No order.

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