Hell’s Kitchen: Served Raw. Swearing and blasphemy. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Line of Beauty. Homosexual sex scenes. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
20/20: “Guerrilla Marc[eting]”. Item about promotional stunt involving discharging explosives on Rangitoto Island. Law and order, fairness. Not upheld.
Californication. Sex scene. Good taste and decency, 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).
Inside New Zealand: “What’s Really in our Food”. Documentary about safety of food additives. Balance, fairness, not upheld. Accuracy, upheld. No order.
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.
Desperate Housewives promo. Showed couples kissing and sexual themes. Children’s interests. Upheld. No order.