One Network News. Item dealt with search for a three year-old boy swept away in a flooded stream and showed the boy's father participating in the search and being asked about the search's progress. Complaint that the reporter was rude and callous. Not upheld (fairness).
Assignment, Meet the Press. The first of these programmes profiled and analysed three of the minor political parties, the second interviewed the leaders of two of these parties. The New Zealand Conservative Party complained about not being included. Not upheld (balance, accuracy).
ATV news. Item discussed proposed compromise about the rates to be paid by some ratepayers, which was to be considered at a meeting of the Waitakere City Council that evening. Not upheld (balance); not upheld: majority (fairness).
One Network News. Item dealt with the refusal by an elderly man to pay the medical bills for his wife's long-term hospital care. Upheld (balance, accuracy). Not upheld (fairness, responsible programming). No order.
Assignment: "Sexual Healing?" Programme examined the philosophy of former homosexual Noel Mosen, an outspoken and controversial believer in the ability of gay people to change their sexual orientation, and founder of a religious community. Upheld (balance, responsible programming). Not upheld (accuracy, fairness, discrimination and denigration). No order.
More FM news bulletin. Item about firearms included comment from a spokesperson from Gunsafe but nothing from a representative of the Sporting Shooters Association. Declined to determine (balance): no tape or transcript of the item complained about.
Police Stop! Programme featured road accident where two motorcycle riders were killed. A promo for the programme broadcast before the item was screened, included part of the speeding incident and footage of the scene of the fatal accident. Upheld: promo (fairness). Not upheld: programme (good taste and decency, accuracy, fairness, discrimination and denigration, responsible programming, children's interests, violence). No order.
Top o' the Morning: "Brian's Week". The presenter discussed gun ownership, questioning the practice of allowing people to own a device which, he said, was "intended to maim and kill". Not upheld (balance, discrimination and denigration),
In Touch with New Zealand. Discussion on the imminent coming into force of the Domestic Violence Act 1996 between a representative from each of the Law Society, Women's Refuge, and the Department of Courts. Not upheld (balance, discrimination and denigration).
Nightline. News item dealt with apology from the Police for the deficiencies in the original investigation into the death of a 12-year-old girl. Complaint about showing post-mortem photographs of a dead child. Not upheld (fairness: unnecessary intrusion into grief).