Bill Hastings
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Society for the Promotion of Community Standards...bans, the repeal of section 59 of the Crimes Act, and the decriminalisation of sex work. The SPCS has repeatedly criticised Bill Hastings, New Zealand's Chief Censor, the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), and the Film and... In this article: Baise-moi, 9 Songs, Patricia Bartlett, Kill Bill, Visitor Q, and Y tu mama tambien |
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...returned to Sydney to become director of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia), a position she held until her death ten months later on 20 September 1999. She was succeeded as Chief Censor by her deputy, Bill Hastings.
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Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand ...
The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC, ... and often its criticism of the OFLC refers to the fact the Chief Censor, Bill Hastings, is gay. ...
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... correct rating stickers, the Office of Film and Literature Classification says. Chief censor Bill Hastings said the illegal activity compromised the credibility ...
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Computer game banned for repetitive extreme violence - page 1 ...
... the first video game banned by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Chief censor Bill Hastings told NZPA today while computer games appeared to be ...
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Students censor new movie | Stuff.co.nz
... chief censor of the Office of Film and Literature Classification Bill Hastings. ... degree and manner of scenes within the film to make an individual ...
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www.scoop.co.nz
Scoop: Chief Censor OK's Sex-Violence-Smut Voyeurism
Chief Censor Bill Hastings, in releasing the Annual Report of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) which was tabled in parliament on Thursday the ...
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www.censorship.govt.nz
OFFICE OF FILM AND LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION
... Film and Literature. OFFICE OF FILM AND LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION ... of Bill Hastings speaking at the Lisboa 2008 - European Conference of Film Classifiers on ...
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GTA IV: Chief Censor talks to Gameplanet - Gameplanet News
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William Kenneth Hastings has been New Zealand's Chief Censor since 1999.
Hastings is New Zealand's tenth Chief Censor. Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, he holds a BA from the University of Trinity College, University of Toronto, law degrees from Osgoode Hall Law School and the London School of Economics, and is a practising barrister. Before becoming Chief Censor, he was Senior Lecturer in Law (teaching Legal System and International Law), Deputy Dean of Law, and a member of the governing Council, at Victoria University of Wellington. He was also briefly the Video Recordings Authority in 1994, a member of the Indecent Publications Tribunal from 1990 to 1994 and Deputy President of the Film and Literature Board of Review from 1995 to 1998.
He was appointed Deputy Chief Censor in 1998 by the Governor-General of New Zealand on the recommendation of the Jenny Shipley-led National coalition government. He was appointed Chief Censor by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Helen Clark-led Labour coalition government for a three-year term in 1999, a one-year term in 2002, another three-year term in 2003 and a third three-year term late in 2006.
The Chief Censor is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Office of Film and Literature Classification.
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