Every year the Office runs a programme for schools called Censor for a Day. It takes place towards the end of the first term, and is held in different cities every year.

The event takes senior high school students through the process of classifying a film. The Chief Censor gives a brief introduction to the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993, then the students watch a pre-release film. Following a brief morning tea, students work through a modified consideration sheet, which mimics the process used by the Office to classify publications. The morning finishes with a discussion and questions.

In 2006 Censor for a Day was held in Wellington, Dunedin, Invercargill, Christchurch and Nelson. Students in the lower South Island classified the film V for Vendetta, while those in the upper part of the island classified Final Destination 3.

You can read the results from Censor for a Day here. (pdf 545 Kb)

Students discuss Final Destination 3 following the classification exercise in Wellington