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The Chief Censor’s Office used to worry about the odd boundary-pushing book, film or video game. These days it's  extreme stuff published online that forms the bulk of the work. David Shanks leaves the top job as the government embarks on a re-jig of regulating all media content to “better protect us from harm.” Could that compromise the media’s fundamental freedoms?

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The chief censor's move has been criticised by Winston Peters, the country's former deputy prime minister and leader of political party New Zealand First.

The Kashmir Files faces censorship controversy in New Zealand, ex-deputy PM comes out in support - The nations chief censor is reviewing the films R16 classification after the Muslim community raised concerns ahead of its release on March 24.

Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files has courted controversy in New Zealand, with the country's chief censor reviewing the film's classification, a move that has been criticised by a former deputy prime minister. Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri, The Kashmir Files depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s.

This is not an analysis of the merits or demerits of ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie rather this is a discussion about freedom of speech set in motion by attempts by some quarters for the film not to be permitted to be seen by New Zealand audiences

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This is not an analysis of the merits or demerits of ‘The Kashmir Files’ movie rather this is a discussion about freedom of speech set in motion by attempts by some quarters for the film not to be permitted to be seen by New Zealand audiences