91FM morning programme. Skit featured a fictitious Maori character working for the Department of Social Welfare and approving a benefit. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
All Decisions
One Network News. Item reported MP's speech on state housing. Upheld (accuracy): action taken insufficient. No order.
60 Minutes: "Lambs of Christ". Item dealt with a North American group of that name and their anti-abortion activities. Not upheld (balance).
91FM Auckland, contest "Guess the Personality". Sound of someone urinating. Upheld (good taste and decency). No order.
Advertisement for DB Export Dry beer. Complaint that ad suggested that liquor consumption resulted in a significant change of mood. Not upheld (liquor).
One Network News, Holmes, Tonight: extracts from the film "Sacred Sex". Various complaints about the content of the extracts and when they were broadcast. Upheld (responsible programming, children's interests). Upheld (good taste and decency): action taken insufficient. Not upheld (balance, fairness, violence). Order (broadcast of summary of decision).
Advertisement for Gordon's Gin, shown several times on TV One, allegedly implied that alcohol was necessary for social success. Not upheld: majority (liquor).
Advertisement for strepsils. Complaint that it made misleading claims. Upheld (responsible programming). Declined to determine (using research tests and surveys "in a manner which is misleading or receptive"). No order.
Steinlager beer advertisement screened by TVNZ at various times in March 1992. Complaint that it caused offence to women. Not upheld (discrimination and denigration).
Dominion Breweries Young Guns advertisement. Complaint that ad breached the requirements for sponsorship advertisements. Not upheld (liquor).