Breakfast. Interview with Garth McVicar from the Sensible Sentencing Trust – discussion about whether sentences in New Zealand were long enough. Balance. Upheld. No order.
All Decisions
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.
Until Proven Innocent. Feature-length drama based on the story of David Dougherty. Privacy, fairness, programme information, balance, accuracy. Not upheld.
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.
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.
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.
True Stories Uncut: Tantastic. Contained shots of naked man. Good taste and decency. 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.
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).