Nine to Noon. Item about violence encountered by staff working with dementia patients. Controversial issues – viewpoints, accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.
All Decisions
Michael Laws Talkback. Host criticized NZ Fire Service and spokespeople: allegedly in breach of fairness. Order (broadcast of statement).
Newstalk ZB talkback programme discussed Green Party MP: allegedly in breach of good taste and decency and unfair.
Until Proven Innocent. Feature-length drama based on the story of David Dougherty. Privacy, fairness, programme information, balance, accuracy. Not upheld.
Breakfast. Europe correspondent discussed 13-year-old boy who had allegedly fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
My Wife and Kids. Adult character made references to sex life. Good taste and decency, children’s interests. Not upheld.
One News. Report on sentencing of man convicted for stabbing a teenage tagger. Accuracy, fairness. Not upheld.
Close Up. Item about a 10-year-old child who had taken his mother’s car for a joyride. Law and order, children’s interests. Not upheld.
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.
Breakfast. Host made statements regarding the death of convicted murderer Antonie Dixon. Good taste and decency, fairness. Not upheld.