Censorship in New Zealand - information for students
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Did you come to Censor for a Day in Term 3?
Senior Media Studies students in Wellington, Hamilton and Tauranga watched the film Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter — read our report to find out how students classified the film overall, and how the results from your school compared.
The Censor's Log
Censorship-related news from around the world. Stories in the April update include: the NZ government makes progress on a cyber-bullying law, a new Online Media Standards Authority is set up, and further changes are proposed for Australia's classification system.
New Research - What New Zealanders want from the classification system
How do New Zealanders use the classification system in their everyday life? What would their ideal classification system for films and games look like? Find out in the latest research from the Classification Office.
we have resources for Level 1 Media Studies
Welcome to our website, Year 11 students and teachers! With the introduction of Media Studies to NCEA Level 1, we have drawn together information from around this website that we think will help you with your assignments.
new case studies!
Our Case Studies give you information about the censorship system in action. Our most recent case study illustrates how the classification criteria was applied to the game Dead or Alive: Dimensions.
