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BSA To Consider First Complaint About An Online Broadcaster
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 10:08 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The decision relates to a complaint which was the first the BSA had received about an online broadcaster since it published its policy on online broadcasters in 2020. The Authority has followed this policy in dealing with the complaint. More >>
Public Views On Offensive Language Harden, Racial Slurs Least Accepted, BSA Study Finds
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 7:32 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The new Language that may offend in broadcasting survey explored attitudes towards 31 terms and their use in different broadcasting contexts. These include swear words, racial and gender-based insults and blasphemy. More >>
BSA Allows RCR To Submit On Jurisdiction Decision, Publishes Legal Advice
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 1:39 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
This will happen in the new year, balancing the need for efficiency with the interests of natural justice and allowing the parties sufficient time to make their submissions. More >>
New BSA Research Sheds Light On The Factors Which Ensure Public Trust In Media
Thursday, 30 October 2025, 7:53 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The findings form part of a BSA survey exploring public expectations around news content and factors that may help improve trust in New Zealand’s news media. More >>
Misleading Description Of Land Sought For Controversial Dam Project Breached Standards
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 3:38 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The BSA has ordered local broadcaster Central FM to publish a statement summarising the decision. More >>
Inaccurate 1News Reporting On Football Violence Breached Broadcasting Standards
Wednesday, 30 April 2025, 1:14 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Authority found an item on “antisemitic violence” surrounding the match, and another on heightened security in Paris the following week, breached the accuracy standard. More >>
Reports On ASH Breached Standards And Fell Well Short Of Journalistic Expectations
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:55 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The failure to include relevant and important information, and to adequately include comment from ASH that responded to the thrust of the story, demonstrates shortfalls in editorial processes and oversight on this occasion, in breach of the accuracy ... More >>
Broadcasting Standards A ‘game Changer’ In Protecting Free Speech Without Harm
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 10:34 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
In issuing its 35th annual report, the Authority says the system has been a key pillar in protecting freedom of expression while also tackling potential harm. Record low rates of upheld complaints in the last three years show broadcasters are getting ... More >>
Half Of Diverse Audiences Avoid Broadcasts Due To Experience With Harmful Content
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:21 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
Research reveals widespread avoidance of public broadcasts among diverse New Zealand communities, citing harmful content, misinformation, and a call for stronger regulation of freedom of expression. More >>
Broadcaster Took Insufficient Action Over Irresponsible Alcohol Promotion
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 10:47 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
A segment on ZM’s Fletch, Vaughan and Hayley show irresponsibly promoted alcohol and the broadcaster failed to take adequate action over the breach, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. More >>
Adult-Themed Show Promos During Family Film Exposed Children To Potential Harm
Wednesday, 17 July 2024, 12:31 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The BSA found that, viewed cumulatively, the promos went beyond expectations of the host programme and its classification. Scheduling them during Scoob! meant the broadcaster did not enable child viewers to be protected from potentially unsuitable content. More >>
New Zealanders Weigh Public Interest And Potential Harm In Gender Identity Discussion
Wednesday, 19 June 2024, 6:45 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The latest instalment in the BSA’s biennial ‘litmus testing’ survey was commissioned after the Authority saw an influx of complaints about TV and radio coverage of gender identity issues, including last year’s New Zealand visit by Posie Parker. More >>
Broadcasting Act Turns 35, And Is Showing Its Age
Wednesday, 29 May 2024, 5:59 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The Broadcasting Standards Authority's vision of freedom of expression without harm is as relevant as ever as the nation’s broadcasting regulator turns 35, but legislation is stuck in the pre-internet age, the Authority says. More >>
Comments About Ethnic ‘priority’ For Surgical Waitlists Ruled Misleading And Discriminatory
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 10:20 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
Comments by radio host Kate Hawkesby suggesting Māori and Pacific patients were being prioritised for surgery due to their ethnicity were misleading and discriminatory, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. The Authority has upheld a complaint ... More >>
Sunday Item On ‘looming Health Crisis’ In Engineered Stone Industry Unbalanced, BSA Finds
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 10:00 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
A Sunday item suggesting New Zealand was failing to address a “looming health crisis” in the engineered stone industry was unbalanced, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found in a split decision. A majority of the Authority upheld a balance ... More >>
Misleading Claim Over Posie Parker Views Breached Accuracy Standard
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 2:55 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
A discussion on Marae about freedom of expression, in the wake of Posie Parker’s New Zealand visit, breached the accuracy standard, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found in a split decision. A majority of the Authority upheld, in part, a complaint ... More >>
Inaccurate Statement About Unions Paying Strikers Breached Broadcasting Standards
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 1:06 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
A comment on Mike Hosking Breakfast about people on strike receiving full pay from unions was inaccurate and breached broadcasting standards, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found. The Authority has upheld a complaint that the show’s 12 June ... More >>
Regulatory Reform Now Urgent, Broadcasting Standards Authority Says
Monday, 20 November 2023, 12:57 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
Urgent and long-overdue reforms are needed to bring outdated laws and regulations into line with today’s broadcasting reality and ensure a sustainable media sector, the Broadcasting Standards Authority says. It its 2022/23 annual report published ... More >>
Depiction Of Rainbow Community Not Offensive Or “Illegal”, BSA Finds
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 12:06 pm | Broadcasting Standards Authority
The BSA has not upheld a complaint that an episode of after-school TV show The Feed discussing issues faced by rainbow communities breached multiple standards. The complaint related to a broadcast on TVNZ 2 at 4.10pm on 14 April 2023, which was aimed at children, ... More >>
Incorrectly Classified Wildlife Programme Exposed Children To Potential Harm
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 10:39 am | Broadcasting Standards Authority
A scene in a ‘G’-rated wildlife documentary, in which a female dolphin was pursued, trapped and mated with by a group of male dolphins, exposed children watching to potential harm, the BSA has found. The Authority has upheld a viewer’s complaint ... More >>
