60 Minutes. Item about Commerce Commission’s prosecution of a man marketing a fertiliser system. Accuracy, not upheld. Balance and fairness, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $2,182.50 costs to complainant, $2,000 costs to Crown).
Newstalk ZB. Item reported on two bodies being found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Skin Doctors. Followed a woman who was having breast augmentation surgery. Privacy, upheld. Orders (broadcast of statement, $5,000 to complainant for breach of privacy, $10,000 costs to complainant, $3,000 costs to Crown).
Ugly Betty promo. Classified G but contained sexual themes. Good taste and decency, subsumed. Programme classification, upheld. Children’s interests, upheld. No order.
3 News. Item about Work and Income using taxpayers’ money to pay, on behalf of beneficiaries, the penalty fees incurred in retrieving their impounded cars. Balance, not upheld. Accuracy and fairness, declined to determine.
One News. Duck hunter pointed a rifle at the camera. Good taste and decency and violence, subsumed. Law and order, not upheld.
Target. Presenter's comment on what phone operators had said. Privacy. Not upheld.
Two and a Half Men promo. Language of characters. Good taste and decency, programme classification, children’s interests. Not upheld.
Radio New Zealand National News. Item concerning MAF’s approval of the importation by zoos of crocodiles and salt-water alligators. Accuracy and social responsibility. Not upheld.
One News. Item reported on the appointment of Vienna Richards as Niu FM’s news editor. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.