The Human Body: episode one. Eight-part series showing viewers what happened to the human body from conception to death. Complaints that the series assumed the truth of evolution and ignored the debate surrounding it. Not upheld (accuracy, balance, responsible programming).
Holmes. Item dealt with overcrowding in state-owned housing. and was in response to a comment the previous day from the Chief Executive of Housing New Zealand to the effect that some families lived in overcrowded conditions by choice. Upheld (balance, accuracy). Order (broadcast of statement).
National Radio: World Watch. Item concerning the plight of ethnic Albanian refugees reported that they had been prevented by the Serbian army from returning to Albania and were unwelcome in Macedonia to the south. Complaint that use of the name Macedonia inaccurate and that the item lacked balance. Not upheld (accuracy). Not applicable (balance).
Fair Go. Item reported that the vehicle a car buyer had agreed to purchase had been involved in a serious accident in France, and that the rebuilt vehicle did not meet New Zealand safety standards. Not upheld (accuracy, fairness, balance).
Radio Sport breakfast show. In discussion of reappointment of All Black coach, the host reported a private conversation he had overheard between John Hart and his wife in a public place. Upheld (privacy). No order.
Assignment. Item depicted a public meeting of the Act Party in Tauranga. The reporter stated that Act staff had told the broadcaster after the meeting that supporters of the group, Voters’ Voice, had given each Act MP a copy of the recent speeches of Pauline Hansen. Not upheld (accuracy).
Desperado. Complaint that film broadcast at 8.30pm was "grossly violent" and also breached the programmes classification standard. Not upheld (violence, programme classification).
One Network News. News item showed pictures of a crashed, burning light aeroplane, the only one of its kind in New Zealand, and reported that two people had been killed in the accident. Not upheld (good taste and decency, privacy, fairness). Not applicable (responsible programming).
20/20: "A Pregnant Silence". A prison officer accused of a sexual relationship with an inmate was the subject of a broadcast. Complainant said the broadcast breached her privacy because it included footage of her house when the prison officer, who was her flatmate, was filmed leaving her home. Not upheld (privacy).
Film called The Cowboy Way featured actors as two cowboys who travelled to New York to find the killer of their friend. A scene in the film depicted a calf being prepared by the cowboys to suckle on a man’s penis as a form of torture. Not upheld: majority (good taste and decency).