Monthly Archives: March 2006

Society’s complaint to Broadcaster over "Bloody Mary"

By David | Published: March 30, 2006

Society’s letter of complaint to CanWest Media Works over “South Park’s” episode “Bloody Mary” Thursday, 30 March 2006 Society president Mike Petrus says: “It is a sad indictment of the Standards Committee of the TV Channel C4, that it has failed to concede that any aspect of the contents of the “South Park” episode “Bloody [...]

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Minister’s failure re 22 month-old Board vacancies

By David | Published: March 22, 2006

Minister of Internal Affairs fails in statutory duty over 22 month-old vacancies on Board Media Release 22/03/06 The terms of office of eight members of the Film and Literature Board of Review expired almost 22 months ago and yet the Minister of Internal Affairs, Hon. Rick Barker, has failed to either reappoint them or replace [...]

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Film Board Appointments Soon

By David | Published: March 22, 2006

Department claims Ministers will be in a position to consider possible Board appointments “soon” Wednesday, 22 March 2006 Response from Department of Internal Affairs To Information Request from National Secretary Society for the Promotion of Community Standards Inc

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Chief Censors’ denial of involvement in banning religious videos is proved false

By David | Published: March 6, 2006

“Censors and Videotapes”Letters to the EditorThe NZ Herald, 6/03/06 Chief Censor Bill Hastings says that columnist Jim Hopkins’ attempt at satire over South Park evaporates in the harsh light of truth because he did not ban religious videotapes to which Hopkins refers. Hastings’ claim is disingenuous. He was largely responsible for writing the decision that [...]

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