In December 2002 the Minister of Broadcasting Hon Steve Maharey established a working group which represented broadcasters, regulators, producers, academics and community advocacy groups to investigate current levels of violence on television in New Zealand in an international context. The group was also required to commission new research to inform its deliberations and recommendations.
This website provides both the report and the recommendations of the Working Group to Government and the complete research report commissioned from the Centre for Communication Research at Auckland University of Technology.
See also a related press release from the Television Violence Project Working Group.
Towards Precautionary Risk Management of TV Violence in New Zealand: The Report to the Minister of Broadcasting of the Working Group: TV Violence Project April 2004.
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See related press release for information about ordering print copies of this report.
Television Violence in New Zealand: A study of Programming and Policy in International Context Report on a Research Project conducted for the NZ Government Working Group on Television Violence, 2003. Barry King, Geoff Bridgman, Philippa Smith, Allan Bell, Andrea King, Sharon Harvey, Charles Crothers, Ian Hassall. Centre for Communication Research Auckland University of Technology November 2003.
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See related press release for information about ordering print copies of this report.