Bill Hastings

William Kenneth Hastings has been New Zealand's Chief Censor since 1999. Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, he holds a BA from the University of Trinity College, University of Toronto, law degrees from Osgoode Hall Law School and the London School of Economics, and is a practising barrister. Before becoming Chief Censor, he was Senior Lecturer in Law (teaching Legal System and International Law), Deputy Dean of Law, and a member of the governing Council, at Victoria University of Wellington. He was also briefly the Video Recordings Authority in 1994, a member of the Indecent Publications Tribunal from 1990 to 1994 and Deputy President of the Film and Literature Board of Review from 1995 to 1998. He was appointed Deputy Chief Censor in 1998 by the Governor-General of New Zealand on the recommendation of the Jenny Shipley-led National coalition government. He was appointed Chief Censor by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Helen Clark-led Labour coalition government for a three year term in 1999, a one-year term in 2002 and another three year term in 2003. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2704x4064, 762 KB) Summary Billhastings. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2704x4064, 762 KB) Summary Billhastings. ... For omission and secrecy, see censorship. ... Motto: Established: 1 January 1850 (township), 1 January 1967 (borough), June 1983 (city), 1 January 1998 (amalgamated) Area: 187. ... Trinity College main building The University of Trinity College, or simply Trinity College is one of the federated colleges making up the modern University of Toronto. ... The University of Toronto (U of T), in Toronto, Ontario, is the largest university in Canada. ... Osgoode Hall Law School of York University was established by The Law Society of Upper Canada in 1889. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or simply the LSE, is a specialist university and a constituent college of the federal University of London, located on Houghton Street in Central London, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal... A barrister (advocate in Scotland and the Channel Islands, barrister-at-law in Ireland and elsewhere) is a lawyer found in some Common law jurisdictions who principally, but not exclusively, represents litigants as their advocate before the courts of that jurisdiction. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Victoria University of Wellington was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament as the fifth constituent college of the University of New Zealand. ... Flag of the Governor-General of New Zealand The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative in the Realm of New Zealand of the Queen of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II, and as such is the highest office in the Government of New Zealand. ... The Right Honourable Jennifer Mary Shipley née Robson (born February 4, 1952), Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1997 to December 1999, was New Zealands first female Prime Minister. ... For other people named Helen Clark, see Helen Clark (disambiguation). ...

In 2002 Hastings appeared in the public eye when he made censorship decisions on highly controversial films, particularly Baise-moi and Visitor Q, both of which were scheduled for screening at the Beck's Incredible Film Festival. In 2003, Hastings again appeared in the public eye when the computer game Manhunt was banned by his office. Following a meeting in Toronto on December 22, 2003 between Hastings and officials from the Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Business Services, Manhunt became the first computer game in Ontario to be classified as a film and restricted to adults in February 2004. He has been criticised for his sexual orientation by the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards; Graham Capill, former Leader of the Christian Heritage Party; Brian Tamaki in the "Media: The New Witchcraft" section of a DVD produced by the Destiny Church for the 2005 general election; and by Peter Brown MP, Deputy Leader of the New Zealand First Party. The cover of the UK edition of the film shows that the film used its notoriety as a marketing ploy Baise-moi is a book first published in 1999 and authored by Virginie Despentes. ... Visitor Q, or Bizita Q (Japanese title) (2001) is a controversial arthouse film directed by cult Japanese director Takashi Miike. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... Manhunt can mean: A police search for a particular individual. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 4th 1,076,395 km... The Society for the Promotion of Community Standards (or SPCS) is a conservative Christian-dominated pro-censorship organisation in New Zealand. ... Graham Capill (born 1959) is a former New Zealand Christian leader and politician. ... There are two groups that have used the name the Christian Heritage Party. Christian Heritage Party of Canada Christian Heritage New Zealand (formerly the Christian Heritage Party) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Bishop Brian Tamaki Bishop Brian Tamaki is the controversial leader of the Destiny Church, a charismatic Christian movement which has become well known in New Zealand. ... DVD-R writing/reading side DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Destiny Church is a charismatic Christian church with headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. ... ... There have been several people named Peter Brown. ... MP or mp may refer to: Northern Mariana Islands Member of Parliament Military Police Modus ponens Madhya Pradesh, a state in India Mathematical Physics Microprocessor Machine Pistol Multi-platform Mission Possible, a Christian based childrens ministry Mission Praise, a Christian hymn book Mana Points or Magic points, a measure... New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ...

The Chief Censor is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (New Zealand). The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is the government agency in New Zealand that is responsible for classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in New Zealand. ...