The first steps are being taken towards a possible overhaul of New Zealand’s ageing censorship legislation. Ministry of Justice and Internal Affairs officials have been meeting key stakeholders and industry and government body officials during the past fortnight to gather submissions for a “tightly targeted review” of the current laws. However, that scope may widen, [...]
The Society is pleased to learn that following its complaint earlier today, Censorship Compliance has now submitted the Nathan King video clip, which compliance officers have now watched, to the Chief Censor’s Office for classification. If is is classified “objectionable” under the Films, Videos and Publications Act 1993, the distributor of this publication can be [...]
In the 12 months ending December 2009, 143 charges were laid by the National Enforcement Unit against 24 defendants for offences they committed against the Companies Act 1993. Given that there are over 520,000 companies registered in New Zealand this number of offences would appear to be miniscule. However, the Society believes that these figures [...]
Companies Office Announcement: One of the responsibilities of the National Enforcement Unit, Ministry of Economic Development (NEU) is to assess and investigate candidates for prohibition under Section 385 of the Companies Act 1993. That is, directors and managers of companies which have failed in the last five years due, at least in part, to mismanagement [...]
Nathan King’s graphic hip-hop video taken down (NZPA report).
A music video depicting the stalking and killing of a woman has been removed from YouTube by its record label, at the same time the censor’s office has begun a classification process at the request of the Department of Internal Affairs. The video for rapper Derty Sesh’s second single, Forever, has been pulled from YouTube [...]