New Zealand Gazette – 1989 – No. 176

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✨ Film and Video Censorship Decisions

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 176

Applicant	Maker	Title Silent(S) or Talker(T)	No. of Copies	Gauge Format	Running Time Minutes	Decision	Country of Origin	Notes Remarks
Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Unknown	FRAU DER RINGE	400	VHS	71.5	R18	West Germany	Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue.
Warner Bros.	Joe Johnston	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids & "Tummy Trouble" (T. No. 1)	40	35 mm	1.0	G	U.S.A.
Warner Bros. United International Pictures	John Flynn	LOCK UP	12	35 mm	110.0	R16	U.S.A.
Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A.	Martha Coolidge	TEENAGE SEX PROGRAMME NO. 783	400	VHS	28.5	R18	Denmark	Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue.

30 August 1989

| Amalgamated Fox Distributors² | James Cameron | THE ABYSS | 1 | 35 mm | 142.0 | | GA | U.S.A. | |
| Amalgamated Fox Distributors | James Cameron | The Abyss (T. No.2) | 4 | 35 mm | 3.0 | | GY | U.S.A. | |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | DER MEISTER—REITER MIEZEN MOSEN UND MONETEN | 400 | VHS | 53.5 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue. Cut to comply. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | KOMME GLEICH! | 400 | VHS | 56.0 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue. |
| Amalgamated Hoyts Cinemas | Stephen Hopkins | NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET THE DREAM CHILD | 1 | 35 mm | 91.0 | | RP16 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: contains violence. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | YAMAHAHA MAMA | 400 | VHS | 56.5 | | R18 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | YUMMY YOUNGIES | 400 | VHS | 53.5 | Section 13 (2) (c) sexual violence and antisocial behaviour | R18 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. |

31 August 1989

| Video Wholesalers | Michael J. Murphy | AVALON, LAND OF MAGIC | 1 | VHS | 80.0 | | R13 | U.K. | |
| Video Wholesalers | Wim Verstappen | FATAL ERROR | 1 | VHS | 83.5 | | RP13 | Netherlands | Dubbed in English. Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | FERRY MASTERS DOMINA FUEHRER | 400 | VHS | 48.0 | | R18 | West Germany | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue. |
| Penthouse Film Releasing Organisation S.A. | Unknown | GOUVERNANTE | 400 | VHS | 87.5 | | R18 | France | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. German dialogue. |
| Video Wholesalers | Henri Pachard | THE LIFE AND LOVES OF NIRKI CHARM | 1 | VHS | 87.5 | | R18 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: explicit sexual content may offend. |
| Video Wholesalers | Alberto de Martino | THE MAFIA TERMINATOR | 1 | VHS | 94.0 | | GA | Italy | Dubbed in English. |
| Amalgamated Hoyts Cinemas | Michael Schroeder | MORTAL SIN | 1 | 35 mm | 87.5 | | RP16 | U.S.A. | Censor’s note: content. |
| Japan Information and Cultural Centre, Embassy of Japan | Kazuki Omori | YOUNG GIRLS IN LOVE | 1 | 16 mm | 98.0 | | GY | Japan | Japanese dialogue, English subtitles. |

Chief Censor’s Decisions: 1–31 August 1989

Pursuant to section 11 of the Films Act 1983, the following decisions have been made with regard to the granting of waivers from the requirements relating to examination and exemption from examination for the above period.

Applicant	Class of Film	Decision
Auckland City Art Gallery	g	Approved
Institute of Criminology, Victoria University	b and f	Approved
Goethe Institut	b, e, g	Approved

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Video Recordings Act 1987

Decisions of the Video Recordings Authority, May 1989

The decisions made by the Authority for this period are published in accordance with section 28 of the Video Recordings Act 1987.

Format System	Applicant	Director	Title	Running Time F T	Country of Origin	Decision (including description)	Reasons for Refusal, Excisions	Remarks
VHS/PAL	Valiant International Pictures (Hallmark Video Ltd.)	Not stated	SWEET DREAMS NOTICES, etc	57:13 0:26	U.S.A.	Refused	Incident in the hands of persons under the age of 18 years; contains explicit sexual material.

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