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.
All Decisions
Nine to Noon. Pacific correspondent updated situation in Fiji. Balance, not upheld. Accuracy, upheld. No order.
One News: Midday. Reference to Paul Holmes’ adopted daughter. Fairness. Not upheld.
Bones promo. Contained human bones, kissing and dialogue about cannibalism. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children’s interests). Declined to determine (law and order).
One News. Item contained footage of students fighting. Good taste and decency, law and order, and violence. Not upheld.
3 News. Item contained details of prison inmate’s trial. Good taste and decency, not upheld.
One News. Presenter’s comment. Good taste and decency. Not upheld.
Target. Item about private chiropractic practice. Balance, accuracy and fairness, not upheld.
Breakfast. Presenter made comment about sniffing permanent markers. Law and order, children’s interests. Not upheld.
One News. Item about two National MPs’ stance on global warming. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.