Take a look at this timeline of some important dates in relation to media regulation in NZ with more details about each, in the link, below
Make notes on the yellow highlighted ones.
- 1892: The Offensive Publications Act 1892 was New Zealand's first censorship legislation
- 1896: The first film exhibition in New Zealand
- 1910: The Indecent Publications Act was passed
- 1916: From March 1916 the Government had the power to ban films about the war in Europe
- 1916: The first Censor of Cinematograph Films was appointed under the Cinematograph Film Censorship Act 1916
- 1920s: A system of graded age recommendations was introduced
- 1920s: The introduction of sound in movies
- 1935: Committee of Inquiry into the Motion Picture Industry
- 1938: Comics banned under the new import licensing regulations
- 1939: Advent of WWII leads to further censorship
- 1951: Censorship during the Waterfront Strike
- 1957: New regulations create innovative new classification categories
- 1961: The new classification categories are included within the Cinematograph Films Act 1961
- 1963: The Indecent Publications Tribunal became the judge of indecency in books, magazines and sound recordings
- 1976: The Cinematograph Films Act 1976 introduces the idea of 'injury to the public good'
- 1987: Video Recordings Act established the Video Recordings Authority (VRA)
- 1989: The Report of the Ministerial Committee of Inquiry into Pornography is published
- 1993: Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) established under the new Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993
- 1999: Bill Hastings became second Chief Censor of Film and Literature, replacing Kathryn Paterson
- 1999: A Court of Appeal ruling, Moonen v Film and Literature Board of Review, clarified the way in which the Classification Office must apply the Bill of Rights Act 1990 in classification decisions
- 2000: A Court of Appeal ruling, Living Word Distributors v Human Rights Action Group, led to the Classification Act being amended
- 2003: Manhunt was the first video game banned in New Zealand
- 2004: The Classification Office held public consultations in Aramoana before classifying the film Out of the Blue
- 2004: The Classification Office reconsidered the classification of the film Irreversible, and its new classification was confirmed by the Film and Literature Board of Review
- 2004: The Court of Appeal rules on the classification of the film Baise-Moi
- 2005: The Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Amendment Act 2005, was passed
- 2006: Changes to the Crimes Act made it an offence to film someone without their knowledge
- 2007: Hostel 2 was refused classification for cinema release after the director refused to cut a scene
- 2010: Chief Censor Bill Hastings resigned his position to become a District Court Judge and head of the new Immigration and Protection Tribunal
- 2011: Dr Andrew Jack became Chief Censor of Film and Literature on 7 March 2011
- 2015: Law change means higher penalties for offences relating to objectionable publications
- List of Chief Censors since 1916
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