CENSORSHIP & STANDARDS

COMMENTARY

The problem in NZ with censorship is that the bar keeps dropping every year allowing more objectionable material shown to lower age groups. The question is, does the censorship we have follow society or create the lower bar which society accepts. How low will it go you ask? The censors will protect their positions and argue that what they are allowing is just reflecting societies tastes. We don’t have to look far to find recent examples of the lower bar with the movie 50 Shades of Grey (R18) being shown on TV at 8:30pm at night especially during the school holidays. Wikipedia gives a good history of NZ Censorship.

View these Centre Right NZ Political Party Policies and voting position on CENSORSHIP.

Note: Policies subject to change. Please check the Policy Links for the latest Policy if available. These are the voting positions of party leaders for the 2014 General Election as reported to Family First who asked the questions below. Please refer to the linked website ‘Value Your Vote 2014‘ for more information and updates.

PARTY	VOTING POSITION/ POLICY	Policy link
Questions asked for the 2014 election	Improve broadcasting standards:Will you SUPPORT or OPPOSE attempts to reduce the level of violent material, offensive language and sexual content on tv and radio – especially but not limited to family viewing hours? Prevent sexualisation of children in media:Will you SUPPORT or OPPOSE higher standards of advertising to prevent the sexualisation and exploitation of children in the media? Public Indecency: Will you SUPPORT or OPPOSE a bill to amend the Crimes Act to clearly define ‘indecent acts’ in order to prevent offensive public nudity? e.g. “Boobs on Bikes”, beach nudity. GREEN answers support the Conservative position.
	Jamie Whyte UNDECIDED on improved standards, UNDECIDED to prevent sexualisation, OPPOSED to amend the bill	Policy link
	Peter Dunne UNDECIDED on improved standards, UNDECIDED to prevent sexualisation, OPPOSED to amend the bill	Policy link
	Winston Peters SUPPORTS improved standards, SUPPORTS prevention of sexualisation, SUPPORTS amending the bill	Policy link
	John Key NO RESPONSE on improved standards, NO RESPONSE to prevent sexualisation, NO RESPONSE to amending the bill	Policy link
	Colin Craig SUPPORTS improved standards, SUPPORTS prevention of sexualisation, SUPPORTS amending the bill	Policy link

FAMILY FIRST POLICY REQUEST (Family First is not a political party) ⇒ Standards should be developed according to a family perspective, not an individual rights perspective ⇒Develop and enforce higher standards for TV, film, radio and advertising content including levels of violence, sexual content and objectionable language. ⇒Extend representation on the BSA, ASA and Censorship Board with regular changing of board members after limited terms of office to avoid desensitization or lack of accountability ⇒Amend Crimes Act to clearly define ‘indecent acts’ ⇒Stricter controls on the sexualisation of children through marketing and media

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