If your complaint is about an advertisement, please contact the Advertising Standards Authority. (www.asa.co.nz)
If you have a complaint about website content, please contact the webmaster - their contact details are available on each website.
If you are concerned about the content of a television or radio broadcast, you are entitled to complain. Your complaint can be informal or formal. Informal complaints are dealt with by the person in charge of the broadcast. Formal complaints are dealt with by the broadcaster's Standards Committee.
If you are not sure what broadcasting standards are, please read these codes first:
With the exception of complaints about breaches of privacy (which may be sent directly to the Broadcasting Standards Authority at PO Box 9213, Wellington), you must send your complaint to the broadcaster in the first instance. The broadcaster must reply to you within 20 working days of receiving your complaint.
Please note, formal complaints must be received by MediaWorks within 20 working days of the Television programme or Radio broadcast.