Newstalk ZB. News item gave details of child abuse case. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
All Decisions
3 News. Item reported John Key’s visit to Greymouth. Balance. Not upheld.
One News. Item reported Auckland homicide. Privacy. Declined to determine.
Newstalk ZB. Discussion of binding referenda. Good taste and decency, law and order, controversial issues, denigration and discrimination, and responsible programming. Not upheld.
The Edge. Broadcast of conversation with listener and her cellphone number. Privacy and fairness. Action taken. Upheld. Order ($1,500 to complainant for breach of privacy).
The Tudors. Contained brief flashes of two characters having sex. Programme information. Not upheld.
One News. Item reported share market crash. Accuracy. Not upheld.
A Thousand Apologies. Sketch comedy lampooning the pan-Asian experience in contemporary New Zealand. Fairness. Not upheld.
Game of Two Halves. Included woman whipping man’s partially bare buttocks. Good taste and decency, and violence. Not upheld.
One News. Item about Auckland homicide included footage of victim’s family in police car. Privacy. Not upheld.