Inside New Zealand: “What’s Really in our Food”. Documentary about safety of food additives. Balance, fairness, not upheld. Accuracy, upheld. No order.
Pacific Coast FM interview discussing local politics in Whitianga. Fairness, balance, upheld. Accuracy, declined to determine. Good taste and decency, social responsibility, not upheld. Order (broadcast of statement, $900 costs to complainants).
Close Up. Allegations that Gisborne soccer player was racist and a wife-beater. Balance, not upheld. Fairness, accuracy, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $2,500 costs to complainant, $2,500 costs to Crown).
3 News, Nightline and Campbell Live. Series of items about David Benson-Pope seeking re-election. Accuracy, fairness, balance, good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Criminal Minds promo. Promo for episode about serial killer. Violence, subsumed. Children’s interests, programme classification, upheld. No order.
Californication. Sex scene. Good taste and decency, upheld. No order.
One News. Presenter’s comment. Balance, not upheld. Accuracy, subsumed.
60 Minutes. Story about imitators of Jackass movies. Good taste and decency and law and order. Not upheld.
Sensing Murder: Insight. Commentary by psychics. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Fair Go. Conversation on phone. Law and order, privacy, fairness. Not upheld.