Category Archives: Announcement

Help us get a copy of The Pilgrim’s Progress to prisoners in NZ prisons

What better way to fulfill our Society’s charitable aims of “promoting moral and spiritual welfare” among this sector of society, than to supply a high quality and easy-to-read book to each of our 8,800 prisoners: one that promotes spiritual and moral values!

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The SPCS blog – Purpose clearly stated

As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]

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Disestablishment of Charities Commission – Update

“Cabinet recently decided to transfer the Charities Commission’s functions to the Department of Internal Affairs. It is expected that this transfer will take place from 1 July 2012, subject to legislation [The Crown Entities Reform Bill] being passed.” This statement appeared in a special “note” attached to a Charities Commission job vacancy advertisment for “Manager, [...]

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The SPCS blog – Purpose clearly stated

As the Society’s executive has clearly stated on this website, ever since the Society was granted charity status by the Charities Commission on 17 December 2007, …………. The Society’s Web blog aims to stimulate rational reflection on, and reasoned appraisal of, a wide rage of issues affecting families and society. Since human opinion is always corrigible and [...]

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Right to Life Seeks Leave to Appeal to Supreme Court

Media Release Right to Life Inc. 24 June 2010 Right to Life, has resolved to seek leave of the Supreme Court to allow an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal stated in its judgment of 1 June 2011 on the appeal of the Abortion Supervisory Committee and the [...]

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How to Make Donations to the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal

To the Canterbury Earthquake Appeal: ANZ (account no. 01-1839-0188939-00) or National bank (account no. 06-0869-0548507-00). To the Red Cross: redcross.org.nz/donate or via grabone.co.nz/christchurch as the Red Cross site has been crashing. To the Westpac Canterbury Care Fund in partnership with the Salvation Army: either at branches nationwide or to the account no. 03-0207-0617331-00 To the [...]

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‘Crass’ News Item on Child Abuse Draws Formal Complaint [from Family First NZ]

MEDIA RELEASE: 28 December 2010 Source www.familyfirst.org.nz Family First NZ has laid an official complaint with the Broadcasting Standards Authority over a disgraceful TV3 Nightline news story (ref. 1) broadcast on the day before Christmas Eve which trivialised and made light of child sex abuse. [Family First NZ is a registered charity with the NZ [...]

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New chief censor appointed – Dr Andrew Jack

Public Servant and legal expert Dr Andrew Jack is the new chief censor. He replaces Bill Hastings who resigned in July 2010. Dr Jack, Customs’ legal and advisory services group manager, is currently chief legal adviser for the NZ Police. His three-year term as chief censor starts on 7 March 2011. See Media Release Wednesday, [...]

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Announcing Society’s 2009 Members’ AGM

The Society’s 2009 (Members Only) AGM will be held on Monday night from 6.45 pm to 7.20 pm 8th June 2009 at Connolly Hall, Guilford Tce, Thorndon. The Public Address commencing at 7.30 pm, following the AGM, will be given by John Terris, former Mayor of Lower Hutt, former Labour Party MP for Western Hutt, Former Acting Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of Media Matters. All members of the public are warmly invited to attend this lecture, the discussion that follows and the supper. The Lecture Topic is: “New Zealand’d Media Landscape – It’s like the Wild and Woolly West. (Our value-averse little country is fast becoming the Sleaze Capital of the Universe).”

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Society Granted Leave to have classification of Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited US version) reviewed

Press Release 21 July 2008 The Society was today granted leave by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, Mr Brendan Boyle, to apply to the Film and Literature Board of Review to review the classification of the computer game Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited US version). The game was classified R18 by the Chief Censor’s Office.

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Film “End of the Spear” R16 rating downgraded to R13 following Society’s successful appeal

The film “End of the Spear” has had its classification downgraded from R16 to R13 following a successful appeal by the Society against the classification decision issued by the Chief Censor’s Office. The Society contended in its written and oral submisssion to the Board that the nature of the depiction of violence in the film – medium level violence – could not possibly justify an R16 classification

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Application for Interim Restriction Order Against The Peaceful Pill Handbook by ‘Dr Death’ [Nitschke]

On 5 June 2008 the Society made an application to the President of the Film and Literature Board of Review, Ms Claudia Elliott, for an Interim Restriction Order under s. 49 of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 (“the Act”), with respect to The Peaceful Pill Handbook (New International Revised Edition), coauthored by [...]

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Application for Leave re Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited version)

The Society has sought leave under s. 47(2)(e) of the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 (“the Act”), to apply to the Film and Literature Board of Review (“the Board”) for a review of the classification of the highly controversial console game Grand Theft Auto IV (unedited US version) [also known as or GTA [...]

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Review sought by Society over release of pro-euthanasia book

A review is being sought over the controversial release of a pro-euthanasia book by Australian Philip Nitschke. The Society for Promotion of Community Standards [SPCS] has written to the Film and Literature Board of Review [see letter below] seeking a review of the decision [web-link below] to approve the book for R18 release.

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