20/20. Programme on the Christchurch Civic Creche case and the controversial circumstances surrounding the conviction of Peter Ellis; the item reviewed the case and in its context the credibility of child witnesses. Not upheld (balance, fairness).
Squeeze: music video of song "Strength to Love". Complaint about the sexual theme and images of the song. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children's interests).
One Network News. News item featured a psychic who had been involved in a private search for two missing Blenheim friends in the Marlborough Sounds expounding her theory on how they had died. Not upheld (good taste and decency, accuracy, causing distress).
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).