Paul McKenna's Secrets of Hypnosis promo and programme. Wedding ceremony officiated at by the Rev. and Mrs Moon of the Unification Church featured as part of a promo for the programme Paul McKenna's Secrets of Hypnosis. The accompanying commentary to the clip reported that the programme went "...undercover to reveal the brainwashing of bizarre religious cults". Upheld: promo only (fairness). No order.
Radio Pacific's "Politically Incorrect" show: "Sieg Heil Awards". Not upheld (good taste and decency).
One Network News broadcast at 6.00pm. Item showed initiation rites for new recruits in the US Marines and the shocked response of the military establishment. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children's interests).
One Network News. Item broadcast between 6.00–6.30pm covered police chase in Los Angeles in which two bank robbers were eventually shot and killed. Not upheld (good taste and decency, children's interests).
One Network News. Item reported on unsuccessful appeal to the Privy Council against a woman's conviction for murder of her husband. Included comment from sister of the man murdered that "She wasn't a battered woman." Not upheld (accuracy).
Billy Connolly's World Tour of Australia. Programme contained a number of obscenities. Not upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming).
Who Dares Wins. Item showed a man responding to a dare to appear on stage with the male revue troupe Manpower. Not upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming, children's interests).
Tonight. Interview with Chief Economist of the National Bank in which he was asked to explain the effects of the New Zealand dollar becoming strong in foreign currency markets. Not upheld (balance).
An Immigrant Nation: From Sri Lanka with Sorrow. Documentary looked at two Sri Lankan families, one Tamil and one Sinhalese, living in New Zealand and explored with them the reasons for their immigration to New Zealand and the links they maintained with Sri Lanka. Complaint that programme was unbalanced in its representation of Tamils in Sri Lanka. Not upheld (balance, accuracy, fairness).
Against the Odds. Episode dealt with professional firefighter's trauma following an attendance at a fatal car crash. Not upheld (good taste and decency).