29 OCTOBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
2997

Price Order No. 230 (North American Red Delicious Apples)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Desmond James Gasson, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 230 and shall come into force on the 30th day of October 1981.

2. (1) Price Order No. 181* is hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies with respect to North American Red Delicious Apples sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any North American Red Delicious Apples shall be:

$1.85 a kilogram.

(2) If in respect of any lot of apples sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price of the lot may be computed to the nearest whole cent.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

5. Subject to such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit, the Secretary, on application by any retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any North American Red Delicious Apples to which this order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Secretary under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of apples or may relate generally to all North American Red Delicious Apples to which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes any North American Red Delicious Apples for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the apples to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:

(a) The retail price a kilogram.

(b) The words “North American Red Delicious Apples”.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of October 1981.

D. J. GASSON, Director, Commerce Division.

*New Zealand Gazette, 9 October 1980, No. 118, p. 3001
(T. and I.)

Price Order No. 231 (North American D’Anjou Pears)

PURSUANT to the Commerce Act 1975, I, Desmond James Gasson, pursuant to a delegation from the Secretary of Trade and Industry, hereby make the following price order:

1. This order may be cited as Price Order No. 231 and shall come into force on the 30th day of October 1981.

2. (1) Price Order No. 182* is hereby revoked.

(2) The revocation of the said order shall not affect the liability of any person for any offence in relation thereto committed before the coming into force of this order.

APPLICATION OF THIS ORDER

3. This order applies with respect to all North American D’Anjou Pears sold by way of retail in New Zealand.

MAXIMUM RETAIL PRICES

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of this clause, the maximum price that may be charged or received by any retailer for any North American D’Anjou Pears shall be:

$1.85 a kilogram.

(2) If in respect of any lot of pears sold by a retailer the maximum price calculated in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this clause is not an exact number of cents, the maximum price of the lot may be computed to the nearest whole cent.

SPECIAL PRICES WHERE EXTRAORDINARY CHARGES INCURRED

5. Subject to such conditions, if any, as he thinks fit, the Secretary, on application by any retailer, may authorise special prices in respect of any North American D’Anjou Pears to which this order applies where special circumstances exist, or for any reason extraordinary charges (freight or otherwise) are incurred by the retailer. Any authority given by the Secretary under this clause may apply with respect to a specified lot or consignment of pears or may relate generally to all North American D’Anjou Pears to which this order applies sold by the retailer while the approval remains in force.

DUTY IMPOSED ON RETAILERS

6. Every retailer who offers or exposes any North American D’Anjou Pears for sale in any shop shall keep in a prominent position in such proximity to the pears to which it relates as to be obviously descriptive thereof, a ticket, placard, or label on which shall be stated in legible and prominent characters the following particulars:

(a) The retail price a kilogram.

(b) The words “North American D’Anjou Pears”.

Dated at Wellington this 28th day of October 1981.

D. J. GASSON, Director, Commerce Division.

*New Zealand Gazette, 9 October 1980, No. 118, p. 3001
(T. and I.)

Decision No. 22/81
Com. 33/81

Before the Broadcasting Tribunal

IN the matter of the Broadcasting Act 1976, and in the matter of a complaint by John Daniel Barnett.

WARRANT HOLDER: Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand—Television New Zealand Network 1

B. H. Slanc, Chairman.
Lionel R. Sceats, Member.
Gordon C. Ell, Co-opted Member.
S. H. Gardiner, Co-opted Member.

Decision

Mr Barnett was interviewed for a current affairs television programme “Midweek” broadcast 7 January 1981. His complaint arose out of the arrangements prior to the interview, the events at the interview and the subsequent editing and presentation of the programme. The general grounds of complaint were:

(a) That the programme shown was a biased and incorrect piece of reporting.

(b) The complainant was deceived into taking part in the programme by deliberate misrepresentation of its nature and purpose and was then misrepresented in the programme.

(c) The reporter approached the topic from a preconceived point of view and the interview constituted a biased and sensational treatment of topics which it was known the complainant did not wish to discuss and the resultant material was edited and presented to accord to this point of view.

(d) The programme failed to meet normal journalistic standards of correct and fair reporting.

(e) Commentary material in the programme is incorrect, and in several instances contained matter not put to the complainant, although a viewer might believe that the involvement of the complainant authenticated its accuracy.

On 12 May 1981 the Corporation declined to uphold the complaint noting a divergence of views between Mr Barnett and staff reports. It considered staff reports rebutted the complainant’s allegations or provided reasonable justification for what transpired.

“An impression gained from viewing a tape was of a responsible approach by the interviewer and a performance by the complainant that showed a reasonable response even though it incorporated his objection to one aspect of the interview,” the Corporation told Mr. Barnett.

The Tribunal heard evidence from Mr Barnett, Miss D. J. Shanahan the reporter, Mr G. E. Wilson, head of current affairs, Mr T. H. Carter, northern editor current affairs, and read a letter from the producer of the programme Mr B. O’Brien (now in Australia) and from one of the other participants. A tape of the programme was viewed.