Tag: Into the River

Chief Censor Talks About the Evolution of Censorship in New Zealand

by Caitlin McCabe • August 25, 2016 • Comments Off

From the initially successful and then rescinded ban of the award-winning coming of age novel Into the River in 2015, an 18+ rating on Alan Moore’s Lost Girls in 2014, or the seizure of the classic 1970s book Bloody Mama in 2011, New…

Country-Wide Ban Lifted from Award-Winning Book Into the River

by Caitlin McCabe • October 19, 2015 • Comments Off

An award-winning coming of age novel is back on shelves throughout New Zealand after the country’s Office of Film & Literature Classification lifted its temporary ban. Into the River by New Zealand native author Ted Dawe was banned in his…