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.
All Decisions
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.
Target. Presenter's comment on what phone operators had said. Privacy. 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).
Breakfast. Item reported that two bodies had been found on top of a rail “carriage”. Accuracy. Not upheld.
Target. Item about the experience of a man who purchased the “Hire A Hubby” franchise for the suburb of Greenlane in Auckland. Accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
One News. Item looked at a couple running the One World Foundation who had been banned from Samoa because of allegations regarding the legitimacy of their work. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Two and a Half Men promo. Language of characters. Good taste and decency, programme classification, children’s interests. Not upheld.
One News. Item reported on the appointment of Vienna Richards as Niu FM’s news editor. Balance, accuracy and fairness. Not upheld.
Dexter. Fictional drama about a forensic expert leading a double life as a serial killer. Law and order and violence. Not upheld