Censorship

Scope and Contents

Contains two newspaper clippings. The first is ‘Penthouse magazine battles with military’, Dominion Post, 2 January 1994, p B4, which focus on the censorship of sexual content within the military. The second is ‘Wartime Censorship Left Gaps in History of NZ’, The New Zealand Herald, 2 March 1984, section 1, p 6, which focuses on the censorship of military action in public information. Subject matter dates range 1943-1997.

Physical Description

Correspondence, typed, handwritten letters and postcards regarding Censorship.

Date Range: 1943

Summary of contents

A collection of newspaper clippings that discuss film industry economics and the social ideologies that film and television pioneer. Titles include ‘Television shows big business for tourism’, ‘Gritty realism in the wind for Shortland St’, ‘Little change to Cultural Affairs funds’, ''Inappropriate’ Broadcasting fees scrapped’ and ‘Bigger [Breasts] would be better, say Kiwi girls’. The publication date range is March – May 1999.

Scope and Contents

Contains the typed script of ‘Freedom of the Press’, along with a series of newspaper clippings. The clippings discuss women in journalism such as Stella Henderson and Robin Hyde [Iris Wilkinson], censoring tobacco advertising, history of 'The Dominion' and a review of 'News Media Law in New Zealand' by John Burrows. The publication date range is c. 1970-1991. The subject matter includes dates as far back as 1871.

Scope and Contents A collection of seminar notes, the typed script of ‘Freedom of the Press’ [See other ‘Freedom of the Press’ and ‘Contempt’ folders] and newspaper clippings. Included is detailing of John Milton’s 'Areopagitica', video cameras in courtrooms, censorship, the 1993 Privacy act, The Felicity Ferret defamation case and its effect on satire, tension between the media and the government and sexism in the media. The publication date range is c. 1970-1994. The subject matter includes dates as far back...

Scope and Contents A collection of handwritten notes, newspaper clippings and ‘The Kiwis Souvenir’, profiling prominent entertainers of the Kiwi Concert Parties held in during the Middle Eastern conflict of 1941. Attention is paid to the impersonation and crossdressing of the performers. There is also a focus on backlash against a 1982 made-for-television version of the Kiwi Concert Party, after it used “bad-language”. A ban was subsequently placed on explicit language before 8:30 pm. Publication date range is...

Scope and Contents

A collection of mostly newspaper clippings, along with some police charge sheets. The news stories are predominantly local and national, with topics such as aviation disasters, meat prices, fires, railways, unions, censorship, crime, trials, leisure and competitions. The publication date range is hard to define due to many of the articles being undated, of those that are the date range is c. 1948-1949. The subject matter corresponds with publication.

Scope of collection

This collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, clippings and publications relating to the career of Gordon Mirams; predominantly to Mr Mirams' roles as a film critic and particularly as New Zealand's Film Censor in the 1950s. Also includes some material pertinent to his Mass Communications role with UNESCO.

Physical Description From the Series:

Collection of News Paper Clippings Fell collected about Kirk.

1 Folder,13 News paper Clippings.

Topics include: Fly control, Censorship, H.B.Kirk, WW1

Date Range: 1917- 1934

Physical Description From the Series:

Collection of News Paper Clippings Fell collected about Kirk.

1 Folder,13 News paper Clippings.

Topics include: Fly control, Censorship, H.B.Kirk, WW1

Date Range: 1917- 1934

Physical Description From the Series:

Collection of News Paper Clippings Fell collected about Kirk.

1 Folder,13 News paper Clippings.

Topics include: Fly control, Censorship, H.B.Kirk, WW1

Date Range: 1917- 1934

Scope and Contents

A collection of newspaper clippings and typed scripts. Detail many of social concerns such as the justice system, censorship, health standards, communism, police conduct, resources and tension between newspaper publishers. The case of Malcom Belcher’s confinement after a protest explosion is the predominant focus. The publication date range is 1956-2004. The subject matter includes dates as far back as 1954.

Scope and Contents

A miscellaneous collection of newspaper clippings, handwritten notes and a series of listed publications on cards. Apart from some information on managing wilderness injuries, the themes generally appear to be of sex work, pornography, invasions of privacy (celebrity culture), immigration, censorship and legislature against sex crimes. Includes newspapers from New Zealand and the United States. The publication date range is August 1994 – February 1996.