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Censorship in New Zealand - information for students

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Did you come to Censor for a Day in Term 1?

Senior Media Studies students in Wellington and Nelson watched the film Attack the Block — read our report to find out how students classified the film overall, and how the results from your school compared.

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The Censor's Log

May update of censorship-related news from around the world. You'll find articles about The Avengers, The Hunger Games and LMFAO, plus some new research into violent games.

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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.

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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.

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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.