BSA Decisions Ngā Whakatau a te Mana Whanonga Kaipāho

All BSA's decisions on complaints 1990-present
All Decisions
Smits and SKY Network Television Ltd - 1995-011

Playboy's Secret Confessions and a Video Centrefold programme. Declined to determine (good taste and decency): the Authority about to start the process of a review.

Wellington Palestine Group and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 1995-008, 1995-009

Morning Report. Items referred to a reporter as Radio New Zealand's correspondent in Jerusalem and alternatively as the correspondent in Israel. Upheld (accuracy). No order.

Bland and Energy Enterprises, The Edge (Rock 93FM) - 1995-010

The Edge morning session. Announcer used derogatory language to describe three students who won prizes in a landscape design competition at the Ellerslie Flower Show. Not upheld (good taste and decency, fairness): action taken sufficient.

AMBLA (Australasian Man Boy Love Association) and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-004

Frontline broadcast an item on Kia Marama, a therapy unit for convicted child sex offenders in Rolleston Prison. Complaint about presenter's use of the word paedophile in the introduction. Not upheld (accuracy, balance, discrimination and denigration).

Bishop and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-005

Casual Sex. New Zealand-made short film was shown as part of a series. Complaint about the use of offensive language on several occasions in a programme broadcast immediately after the late news. Not upheld (good taste and decency).

McBride and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-006

Man o Man. Episode's all-women audience voted on which of the male contestants was the winner of the various competitions. Not upheld (good taste and decency, discrimination and denigration, children's interests).

Zohrab and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-007

Fraser. Discussion arising from research which showed that girls performed better academically at school than boys. Not upheld (balance, discrimination and denigration).

Frank and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-001

Fraser. Programme considered questions of what harm (if any) cannabis does and if its use should be a criminal offence. Not upheld (balance, accuracy).

One New Zealand Foundation Inc and Radio New Zealand Ltd - 1995-002

Insight. Programme dealt with the negotiation process and the settlement of claims made under the Treaty of Waitang. Not upheld (balance).

MacKenzie and Television New Zealand Ltd - 1995-003

60 Minutes. Item examined case of a social worker convicted of child abuse offences whose name had been suppressed, but whose past behaviour had worried some of his fellow social workers who had drawn their concerns to the attention of the supervisory staff. Attempt to interview (with cameras rolling) the complainant who was Chief Social Worker for the Auckland Hospital Board at the time. Not upheld (privacy).

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