Correspondence School programme. An academic of Algerian birth studying in New Zealand read three of her shorter poems in English on National Radio at about 1.10pm. The poems had been published in New Zealand, and the last one was entitled 'Erotica'. Not upheld (good taste and decency, responsible programming).
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20/20: "Who Cares?" Item examined murder of a father by his son and the suicide of the son. It was reported that the son was a client of the mental health services of Healthlink South. A promo for the item claimed that "desperate pleas for help went unheard and hours later a son killed his father". Not upheld (balance, accuracy, fairness, responsible programming).
3 National News: Ralston segment. Item broadcast between 6.00–7.00pm featured two women who had revealed details of a sexual encounter with a celebrity. Item included Playboy photographs. Upheld (good taste and decency). Not upheld (discrimination and denigration). No order.
95bFM's In the Pink. Obscenity used several times, including in a station promo and in a song. Good taste and decency. No tape. Declined to determine.
X-Files. Two liquor advertisements, one of 90 seconds in duration and the other of 30 seconds, were broadcast in a commercial breakof 3 minutes 20 seconds. Upheld (liquor promotion: saturation). No order.
A Few Good Men. Film involved the court martial of two United States marines for the murder of another marine. The leading character, the defence counsel, used the term "Christ" as an expletive on a number of occasions. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
3 National News. Item showed house in which an occupant was raped; the location of the house was established by showing the street signs on the corner. TV3 upheld the complaint that this was a breach of privacy and was also unfair to the victim. Not upheld (privacy, fairness): action taken sufficient.
Basic Instinct. Film screened at 9.30pm contained explicit sex scenes throughout, some of which included bondage and violence. Not upheld (good taste and decency, violence).
Party of Five. Topics in episode screened at 7.30pm were the sexual activity of two members of the family and the youngest family member's first kiss. Not upheld (good taste and deecency, children's interests).
Banksie on Sunday. Topic of abortion. Host described doctors who carried out abortions as baby murderers, and claimed that the aborted foetuses were put into the hospital waste disposal systems or in "Kleensaks". Upheld (denigration and discrimination). Not upheld (accuracy, fairness, balance, law and order). Order (broadcast of apology).