Film and Literature Board of Review Decisions
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1 image - April 2021 (Decision)
Description: 19 April 2021
File Size: 595k
1 image (Final decision)
Description: 4 March 2021
File Size: 338k
1 video (Decision)
Description: 24 September 2020
File Size: 342k
1 image (Final decision)
Description: 26 June 2020
File Size: 297k
Five text files (Final decision)
Description: 29 March 2020
File Size: 360k
IMG_0631 (Final decision)
Description: 19 February 2020
File Size: 636k
Good Boys (Final decision)
Description: 13 December 2019
File Size: 627k
7 Images (Decision)
Description: 8 November 2019
File Size: 314k
The Great Replacement (Decision)
Description: 12 August 2019
File Size: 260k
Christchurch Mosque Attack Livestream (Decision)
Description: 14 June 2019
File Size: 305k
Auckland City Police Images 1 & 2 (Decision)
Description: 24 August 2018
File Size: 306k
Facebook postings Decision - Nine social media postings - Signed PDF version
Description: 26 June 2018
File Size: 518k
Facebook postings Decision - Nine social media postings - Word document version
Description: 26 June 2018
File Size: 404k
Corrigendum to Decision - Five photographs and Six Women Photographers - Signed PDF version
Description: 16 May 2018
File Size: 450k
Five photographs and Six Women Photographers (Decision) - Signed PDF version
Description: 16 May 2018
File Size: 13376k
Five photographs and Six Women Photographers (Decision) - Word docx version
Description: 16 May 2018 (updated November 2022)
File Size: 64k
Gal*Gun:Double Peace (Decision) - PDF version
Description: 7 April 2017
File Size: 331k
Gal*Gun:Double Peace (Decision) - WORD version
Description: 7 April 2017
File Size: 114k
Watch Dogs 2 (Decision)
Description: 26 October 2016
File Size: 364k
Preacher (Episode 9 Season 1) (Decision)
Description: 12 October 2016
File Size: 387k
Bad Moms (Decision)
Description: 19 September 2016
File Size: 286k
Don't Breathe (Decision)
Description: 19 September 2016
File Size: 292k
G Holland (Decision)
Description: 16 August 2016
File Size: 472k
Into The River - Majority Decision
Description: 14 October 2015
File Size: 439k
Into The River - Dissenting Opinion
Description: 14 October 2015
File Size: 255k
Black Mass (Decision)
Description: 12 October 2015
File Size: 214k
Interim Restriction Order - Into the River
Description: 7 September 2015
File Size: 172k
An application under s47 by the New Zealand Police for a review of the publication(s) - Accessible Word version
Description: 15 October 2014
File Size: 119k
An application under s47 by the New Zealand Police for a review of the publication(s) - Signed PDF version
Description: 15 October 2014
File Size: 2607k
Five text messages - Signed PDF version
Description: 29 January 2014
File Size: 167k
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