Formal Complaints

Use the form below to make a formal complaint to MediaWorks about a television programme on TV3, FOUR, C4, or radio broadcast on Mai FM, The Edge, George FM, The Rock FM, MORE FM, The Breeze, The Sound, RadioLIVE, LiveSPORT, Kiwi FM.

Formal complaints must be received by MediaWorks within 20 working days of the Television programme or Radio broadcast.

If you are not sure what broadcasting standards are, please read these codes first:

Free-to-air television code (pdf format).

Radio Broadcasting Code (pdf format).

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 check one or more of the following options. Did you:*





The Programme Standards I believe were breached are as follows (you must choose at least one)*











The reasons that I found this broadcast breached the standards I checked above are as follows (use specific examples of content from the broadcast & explain your complaint fully)

If the standards committee upholds my complaint I would like the following as a remedy for the breach of broadcast standards

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*Note - if you have clicked submit and nothing has happened, make sure that you've filled out all the form correctly.
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If you have any questions about the process, please email: standardscommittee@mediaworks.co.nz and we will respond to your enquiry as soon as we can.

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