Fashion Television. Programme broadcast at 8.30pm included sequence devoted to nude self-portraits by a young British photographer. Some of the photographs had a green leaf superimposed over the woman's pubic area. Complaint that the masking device amounted to desecration of the photographer's art, a distortion and a form of censorship. Authority considered it a matter of editorial discretion. Not upheld (good taste and decency, accuracy, fairness).
Market Forces trailer broadcast just before 7.00am between the programmes Telstra Business and Breakfast. Trailer included allegedly offensive language. Not upheld (good taste and decency, programme classification, children's interests).
The G and T Show, Access Radio. During a mock interview, dealing with the Auckland City Council's decision not to fund the 1998 Hero Parade, it was suggested that Auckland's Deputy Mayor had made a self-sacrifice in appointing himself a "moral monitor" and risking a spontaneous erection by going to the Hero Parade. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration).
92.2XS news report. Item referred to the Crown laying a new charge against an off-duty policeman accused of attacking a 15-year-old boy. In addition to assault and careless driving charges, it was reported that he now faced a charge of "injuring with intent to cause injury". Not upheld (privacy).
Sports programme talkback. Host's comment that rugby sides should have protocols in place to ensure that players did not entertain in their hotel rooms. Complaint that comment reflected badly on a particular Super 12 rugy player who was not named by the host. Not upheld (privacy).
Newstalk ZB talkback. Subject was the government's Code for Social Responsibility. Host's comment to a caller to the programme who said he was not qualified to answer some of the questions in the questionnaire attached to the Code. Not upheld (fairness,
TV One commentary during live cricket match discussed residents' opposition to the proposed installation of lights at Eden Park. Not upheld (accuracy, balance).
TV One News. Item included photographs and names of four people who had been at the Furneaux jetty when two young people went missing in the Marlborough Sounds; the photographs had been released by the Police in conjunction with an investigation. The Police complained that naming the people breached their privacy, because there was a specific request in the accompanying press release that they not be identified by name, and that by being named the four people had not been treated justly and fairly. Not upheld (privacy, fairness).
Pulp Comedy. Broadcast beginning at 10.20pm contained exually explicit, blasphemous and arguably bad taste jokes from a number of comedians. Not upheld (good taste and decency).
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. Programme purported to show, in documentary fashion, the abduction by extraterrestrial aliens of an American family, recorded on a home video. Upheld (deceptive programme practice). No order.