<p>TVNZ said that it has upheld 1,500 complaints against its former Breakfast host Paul Henry.New Zealand Herald Monday reported that the TV station received a flood of complaints after Henry asked Prime Minister John Key whether Satyanand was "even a New Zealander". <br /><br />He also made fun of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's name, triggering protests in India.<br />TVNZ in a letter sent to all complainants acknowledged that the comments were offensive, and it upheld complaints on the grounds that they breached standards of fairness and discrimination, good taste and decency.<br /><br />The letter said: "The complaints committee sincerely apologises to you for the breach of Broadcasting Standards. We understand that you were deeply offended by Paul Henry's comments."<br /><br />TVNZ also denounced Henry's mocking of Sheila Dikshit.The committee observed that his repeated mispronounciation of her name as "dik shit" and attempt to make a scatological joke about it breached Broadcasting Standards.<br /><br />Henry resigned from TVNZ after India took up the issue with New Zealand.<br />The company had done all it could to deal with the comments, TVNZ spokesperson Megan Richards said, adding: "It's hard to see what could be done beyond what has been done."<br /><br />On Oct 14, Sir Anand Satyanand accepted the apology from the TV channel.<br />Satyanand is New Zealand's first governor-general of Indian and Pacific ancestry. He had a lengthy career as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman before being appointed to the job in August 2006.<br /><br />He was born and raised in Auckland. His parents were born in Fiji and migrated to New Zealand while his grandparents were born in India and had migrated to Fiji.</p>
<p>TVNZ said that it has upheld 1,500 complaints against its former Breakfast host Paul Henry.New Zealand Herald Monday reported that the TV station received a flood of complaints after Henry asked Prime Minister John Key whether Satyanand was "even a New Zealander". <br /><br />He also made fun of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's name, triggering protests in India.<br />TVNZ in a letter sent to all complainants acknowledged that the comments were offensive, and it upheld complaints on the grounds that they breached standards of fairness and discrimination, good taste and decency.<br /><br />The letter said: "The complaints committee sincerely apologises to you for the breach of Broadcasting Standards. We understand that you were deeply offended by Paul Henry's comments."<br /><br />TVNZ also denounced Henry's mocking of Sheila Dikshit.The committee observed that his repeated mispronounciation of her name as "dik shit" and attempt to make a scatological joke about it breached Broadcasting Standards.<br /><br />Henry resigned from TVNZ after India took up the issue with New Zealand.<br />The company had done all it could to deal with the comments, TVNZ spokesperson Megan Richards said, adding: "It's hard to see what could be done beyond what has been done."<br /><br />On Oct 14, Sir Anand Satyanand accepted the apology from the TV channel.<br />Satyanand is New Zealand's first governor-general of Indian and Pacific ancestry. He had a lengthy career as a lawyer, judge and ombudsman before being appointed to the job in August 2006.<br /><br />He was born and raised in Auckland. His parents were born in Fiji and migrated to New Zealand while his grandparents were born in India and had migrated to Fiji.</p>