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RNZ News
04-05-2025
- Politics
- RNZ News
Two complaints against RNZ broadcasts not upheld
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly The Broadcasting Standards Authority has not upheld two complaints about broadcasts on RNZ National. The first, on Nine to Noon on 8 October, 2024, marking one year since the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel, included two interviews conducted by host Kathryn Ryan - one with BBC Middle East editor Sebastian Usher, and the other with Sally Stevenson, an emergency coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières. The BSA found that listeners were alerted to alternative significant viewpoints during Usher's interview, and Stevenson's interview was clearly signalled as being from her perspective. In addition, the audience could reasonably be expected to be aware of significant context and viewpoints from other media coverage. The BSA did not uphold complaints against Balance, Accuracy and Fairness. The decision can be found here . The BSA also considered a complaint against National's Saturday Morning broadcast, on 12 October, 2024. This was an interview of a UNICEF spokesperson and humanitarian worker about her experience living and working in Lebanon amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas- Hezbollah conflict. The BSA found the broadcast was clearly signalled as being from the interviewee's perspective and was not claiming nor intending to be a balanced examination of perspectives on the conflict. Again, the BSA said RNZ's audience could reasonably be expected to be aware of significant context and viewpoints from other media coverage. It did not uphold the complaints against Balance, Accuracy and Fairness. The decision can be found here RNZ has initiated independent assessments of its editorial coverage, and the first looked at coverage of the Middle East since the 7 October attack. Its conclusion was that the decisions of the Media Council and Broadcasting Standards Authority gave no reason for concern that RNZ was acting outside its own policy, the Media Council Principles or the standards administered by the Broadcasting Standards Authority. The report can be found here : RNZ : Editorial Reviews
RNZ News
21-04-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
DHL stopping global shipments over NZ$1300 to US individuals amid tariff turmoil
DHL's changes comes after the US government lowered the threshold at which parcels to individuals require formal entry processing by US Customs. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Global shipping giant DHL will "temporarily" suspend the shipping of parcels worth more than NZ$1300 from businesses to individuals in the United States as of Monday, the company said, citing delays in US customs clearances. "As a result of recent US Customs regulatory updates, we are experiencing multi-day transit delays to the US from any origin for shipments with a declared customs value exceeding USD 800," DHL said in a statement. President Donald Trump has launched a wide-ranging trade war since coming to office, threatening friend and foe alike with steep tariffs to address US trade deficits with individual countries. As part of those changes, the government has also lowered the threshold at which parcels to individuals require formal entry processing by US Customs - down to NZ$1300 from NZ$4500 as of April 5. "This change has caused a surge in formal customs clearances, which we are handling around the clock," DHL said. The company added that business-to-business shipments would not be affected by the suspension, "though they may also face delays." Trump's government has taken particular aim at China , and earlier this month Washington closed a duty-free exemption for small parcels from that country, a move that appeared to be designed to target low-cost online retailers like Temu and Shein. - AFP
