Dear Mr Wilson,
 
Thank you for your email requesting information.
 
The Office of Film and Literature Classification recently proactively
released documents and information relating to the decisions to classify
the so called 'manifesto' and the livestream video, which both relate to
the 15 March mosque attacks in Christchurch.
 
Click [1]here to view the covering letter which sets out some detail
around the process works, including peer review and making information
public. There is a PDF which you can download, containing documents and
emails relevant to this process.
 
I trust this satisfies your request, please feel free to come back to us
if you need anything further.
 
Sia
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Wilson
[[2]mailto:[FYI request #10185 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 23 April 2019 6:58 p.m.
To: Information Unit <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Information around the decision to
censor objectionable document
 
Dear Office of Film and Literature Classification,
 
I am a citizen of New Zealand.
 
I'd like to request information around the decision to censor the
Christchurch gunman's so-called manifesto, as linked:
  - 
[3]https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz...
 
Specifically, if possible:
  - How many people were involved in the decision to ban the document?
  - Where any experts consulted before the decision was made? And if so,
who and what is their field of expertise+qualifications?
  - Did this office investigate, and decide to censor the document based
on their own initiative, or where there complaints to the office,
requesting for it's censorship? If so, how many complaints?
 
Generally, if possible:
  - Any discussions, emails, meeting minutes, etc, involving the
discussion of the document, and the decision to censor.
 
Please note: This request is being done via fyi.org.nz. As such, any
answer provided will be publicly available on the website as is their
process.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Mr. Wilson
 
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Dear Mr Wilson,

That's great, thank you for letting us know.

Much appreciated.

Sia

-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Wilson [mailto:[FYI request #10185 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2019 6:33 p.m.
To: Information Unit <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Information around the decision to censor objectionable document

Dear Sia,

I got the link to work. Thanks again for the help. Although I've only reviewed it briefly, it seems to cover my requests.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Wilson

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Dear Mr Wilson,
 
Thank you for your email requesting information.
 
The Office of Film and Literature Classification recently proactively released documents and information relating to the decisions to classify the so called 'manifesto' and the livestream video, which both relate to the 15 March mosque attacks in Christchurch.
 
Click [1]here to view the covering letter which sets out some detail around the process works, including peer review and making information public. There is a PDF which you can download, containing documents and emails relevant to this process.
 
I trust this satisfies your request, please feel free to come back to us if you need anything further.
 
Sia
 
 
 

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Dear Mr Wilson,
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act, seeking the
following:
- Is it still possible to get at least a summary of their
qualifications/fields of expertise, despite their anonymity?
- As I'm unable to check this, can you confirm that all are NZ citizens,
and currently living in NZ?
 
The Classification Unit consists of teams of Classification Advisors, each
supervised by a Senior Classification Advisor. All report to the Deputy
Chief Censor and the Chief Censor. 
 
All staff recruited by this Office are expected to have relevant
tertiary/other qualifications as well as a range of skills appropriate for
their role. Classification Advisors go through a tailored induction and
training process on site, and must adhere to clear policies and procedures
in carrying out their roles.
 
Employees of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) are
members of New Zealand public service and follow the [1]Code of Conduct as
all public servants must. It is a small office of hard working staff
tasked with protecting New Zealanders from the effects of harmful media
content. The Office is located in Wellington, New Zealand.
 
Please note the OFLC is an independent Crown entity. Decisions to classify
material are made independently. Where expert opinion is required it is
sought, however no external opinion was required to inform the decisions
made relating to either the Christchurch Mosque Attack Livestream video,
or The Great Replacement. 
 
I trust this satisfies your request.
 
If you are not satisfied with how your request under the Official
Information Act has been dealt with, you have the right to complain to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.govt.nz or Freephone 0800 802602.
 
Kind regards,
 
Sia
 
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Wilson
[[3]mailto:[FOI #10185 email]]
Sent: Friday, 26 April 2019 1:47 p.m.
To: Information Unit <[4][email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Information around the
decision to censor objectionable document
 
Dear Sia,
 
Sorry! Could I have a few more questions, before we wrap this up?
 
One of my specific queries was around the expertise/qualifications of
those involved in the decision(or those consulted).
 
While the released documents do list three of the meeting members by name,
the rest are kept anonymous.
 
- Is it still possible to get at least a summary of their
qualifications/fields of expertise, despite their anonymity?
- As I'm unable to check this, can you confirm that all are NZ citizens,
and currently living in NZ?
 
Very much appreciate your time in this, sincerely,
 
Mr. Wilson
 
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Dear Mr Wilson,
 
That's great, thank you for letting us know.
 
Much appreciated.
 
Sia
 
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Dear Mr Wilson,
 
I understand your query and would firstly like to assure you that the
decision process (in this case, as in others) was robust and included many
hours of examination and research. This is on top of the formal team
meetings that were recorded in some detail (the meetings you have seen
summaries of from the proactively released material).
 
I can also add the following. The staff of the Office of Film and
Literature Classification all live and work in Wellington New Zealand. 
 
Chief Censor, David Shanks and Deputy Chief Censor, Jared Mullen have
statutory responsibility for classification decisions. Please find details
on their qualifications and backgrounds. 
 
David Shanks, Chief Censor
 
David Shanks was appointed as New Zealand's Chief Censor in May 2017.
 
David holds LLB and BA qualifications from Otago university, along with an
LLM (First Class Honours) from Victoria University.
 
He has been qualified as a barrister and solicitor in NZ since 1990, and
has been the Chief Legal Adviser for agencies such as the State Services
Commission and the Ministry of Social Development.
 
He has led a number of high-profile inquiries and reviews while in the
public sector, and also held a variety of senior management positions.  He
also has extensive expertise in regulatory compliance, having held a
Directorship role in a private sector compliance tools and software
provider.     
 
Jared Mullen, Deputy Chief Censor
 
Jared Mullen is currently New Zealand's Deputy Chief Censor.  He was
appointed to this role in August 2015. 
 
Immediately prior to his appointment, Jared held senior project and policy
roles at the Ministry of Social Development.  As Associate DCE Social
Policy, he worked on the review of Child Youth and Family led by Dame
Paula Rebstock and had overall responsibility for family violence policy
and the re-write of social security legislation. 
 
While Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Jared headed Justice's
criminal justice and public law policy teams as well as the legal and
treaty settlement teams.  Jared also led the Justice Sector recovery
response after the Christchurch earthquakes.
 
He has also had senior leadership roles at the Department of Internal
Affairs (as Director Office of the Chief Executive) and the Department of
Corrections (as General Manager Policy).
 
Jared has a Bachelor's degree majoring in Economics from the University of
Otago and began his public service career in economic and financial
forecasting at Statistics NZ and Inland Revenue.
 
 
 
Kind regards, 
 
Sia
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Wilson
[[1]mailto:[FOI #10185 email]]
Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 4:06 p.m.
To: Sia Aston <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Information around the
decision to censor objectionable document
 
Dear Sia,
 
Thanks again for the prompt response. I appreciate the hard work that the
OFLC office has done (The proactive OIA release is great!). I appreciate
that the office has the best of intentions.
 
But sorry, i do need to push for a little more exact details. Let me try
to give a bit of context. Regardless of good intentions, what we have here
is that a single, one hour meeting of six(or seven) individuals (four of
whom are anonymous), have made a decision that has resulted in the
criminalized half of NZ. There are 7 active reported criminal charges
being pressed against NZ citizens. This includes minors that have been
refused police diversion, which would result in a criminal record, one
with a very sever punishment. It's reasonable to expect even more arrests
and criminal records in the future.
 
Please note: I don't want to argue the merits of those cases, I'm merely
trying to highlight that the decision has had very real, serious
consequence within the community of ordinary New Zealanders. So when I'm
asking for what types of qualifications, or expertise were involved in the
decision making, it's not simply to be contentious. I can guess that the
staff are expected to have relevant expertise, but we really do need to
know what expertise these are. We cannot assume them. Only a handful of
staff were involved in the decision, so what expertise and qualifications
did they have? E.g. Are we talking the decision was made by lawyers? Any
social/community expertise? Maybe some ex-cops? Is this mostly an academic
decision, or is there at least someone drawing on their expertise from
within the community? Etc, etc. These are the types of questions people
want answers to. We can infer these by seeing the qualifications of those
involved in the decision.
 
Also, given the impact to the community, you can understand that it's
important to know that this decision was made by NZ citizens, who are
currently living in NZ. (I understand the office is in Wellington, but
staff can work remotely.)
 
Can I reiterate my questions?
  - Is it still possible to get at least a summary of their
qualifications/fields of expertise, despite their anonymity?
  - Can you confirm that the staff who made the decision are all NZ
citizens, who are currently living in NZ?
 
Yours sincerely,
 
Mr. Wilson
 
-----Original Message-----
 
Dear Mr Wilson,
 
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act, seeking the
following:
- Is it still possible to get at least a summary of their 
qualifications/fields of expertise, despite their anonymity?
- As I'm unable to check this, can you confirm that all are NZ citizens, 
and currently living in NZ?
 
The Classification Unit consists of teams of Classification Advisors,
each  supervised by a Senior Classification Advisor. All report to the
Deputy  Chief Censor and the Chief Censor. 
 
All staff recruited by this Office are expected to have relevant 
tertiary/other qualifications as well as a range of skills appropriate
for  their role. Classification Advisors go through a tailored induction
and  training process on site, and must adhere to clear policies and
procedures  in carrying out their roles.
 
Employees of the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) are 
members of New Zealand public service and follow the [1]Code of Conduct
as  all public servants must. It is a small office of hard working staff 
tasked with protecting New Zealanders from the effects of harmful media 
content. The Office is located in Wellington, New Zealand.
 
Please note the OFLC is an independent Crown entity. Decisions to
classify  material are made independently. Where expert opinion is
required it is  sought, however no external opinion was required to inform
the decisions  made relating to either the Christchurch Mosque Attack
Livestream video,  or The Great Replacement. 
 
I trust this satisfies your request.
 
If you are not satisfied with how your request under the Official 
Information Act has been dealt with, you have the right to complain to
the  Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at 
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.govt.nz or Freephone 0800 802602.
 
Kind regards,
 
Sia
 
 
 
 
 
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Dear Mr Wilson

This office has sought to make public a range of information, including detailed explanations for the classification decisions you are interested in. A proactive release of information was accompanied by a cover letter explaining the process of determining a classification.

We are declining to provide the educational backgrounds and country of birth, residency or ethnicity particulars of individual staff to protect their privacy.

We are therefore partly refusing this part of your request under section 9(2)(a) of the Act on the grounds that it is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons. The names were redacted from the proactive disclosure of information for the same reason.

Kind regards,

Sia

-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Wilson [mailto:[FOI #10185 email]]
Sent: Monday, 29 April 2019 10:43 p.m.
To: Sia Aston <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Information around the decision to censor objectionable document

Dear Sia,

Thanks again for the info. I'm still trying to piece together the entire picture of the decision process.

I already know David and Jared's qualifications (they have public LinkedIn's, which are linked to OFLC). Again, I was hoping to find out a bit more about the anonymous attendee's , to see what else (expertise/diversity/etc) was involved in the decision making.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Wilson

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Dear Mr Wilson,
 
I understand your query and would firstly like to assure you that the decision process (in this case, as in others) was robust and included many hours of examination and research. This is on top of the formal team meetings that were recorded in some detail (the meetings you have seen summaries of from the proactively released material).
 
I can also add the following. The staff of the Office of Film and Literature Classification all live and work in Wellington New Zealand. 
 
Chief Censor, David Shanks and Deputy Chief Censor, Jared Mullen have statutory responsibility for classification decisions. Please find details on their qualifications and backgrounds. 
 
David Shanks, Chief Censor
 
David Shanks was appointed as New Zealand's Chief Censor in May 2017.
 
David holds LLB and BA qualifications from Otago university, along with an LLM (First Class Honours) from Victoria University.
 
He has been qualified as a barrister and solicitor in NZ since 1990, and has been the Chief Legal Adviser for agencies such as the State Services Commission and the Ministry of Social Development.
 
He has led a number of high-profile inquiries and reviews while in the public sector, and also held a variety of senior management positions.  He also has extensive expertise in regulatory compliance, having held a Directorship role in a private sector compliance tools and software provider.     
 
Jared Mullen, Deputy Chief Censor
 
Jared Mullen is currently New Zealand's Deputy Chief Censor.  He was appointed to this role in August 2015. 
 
Immediately prior to his appointment, Jared held senior project and policy roles at the Ministry of Social Development.  As Associate DCE Social Policy, he worked on the review of Child Youth and Family led by Dame Paula Rebstock and had overall responsibility for family violence policy and the re-write of social security legislation. 
 
While Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Justice, Jared headed Justice's criminal justice and public law policy teams as well as the legal and treaty settlement teams.  Jared also led the Justice Sector recovery response after the Christchurch earthquakes.
 
He has also had senior leadership roles at the Department of Internal Affairs (as Director Office of the Chief Executive) and the Department of Corrections (as General Manager Policy).
 
Jared has a Bachelor's degree majoring in Economics from the University of Otago and began his public service career in economic and financial forecasting at Statistics NZ and Inland Revenue.
 
 
 
Kind regards, 
 
Sia
 
 
 

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I am not in the office today but for anything urgent please call or text - 021677729

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Hi Mr Wilson,

I'm afraid this is my last day with the office, but I have passed on your email to them team who will be in touch.

All the very best,

Sia

-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. Wilson [mailto:[FOI #10185 email]]
Sent: Thursday, 2 May 2019 10:29 p.m.
To: Sia Aston <[email address]>
Subject: RE: Official Information request - Information around the decision to censor objectionable document

Dear Sia,

Thanks once more for your reply.

I've been very careful to word my request to ask only for a summary(rather than specifics) of the expertise of those involved. I believe this should give the office plenty of leeway to provide the information in way that would protect the members privacy to a level which the office is comfortable with.

Under the circumstances, I also think my request is more than fair, and frankly, it's pretty disappointing that the office would reject it.

There are now 13(up from 7) individuals who are reportedly facing criminal charges under this decision. This number is growing by the week. I don't need to tell you the impact this is also having on their families, and and the wider NZ community. I certainly feel like these people have a right to know more about the process that criminalized them, and is destroying their lives.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Wilson

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Dear Mr Wilson

This office has sought to make public a range of information, including detailed explanations for the classification decisions you are interested in. A proactive release of information was accompanied by a cover letter explaining the process of determining a classification.

We are declining to provide the educational backgrounds and country of birth, residency or ethnicity particulars of individual staff to protect their privacy.

We are therefore partly refusing this part of your request under section 9(2)(a) of the Act on the grounds that it is necessary to protect the privacy of natural persons. The names were redacted from the proactive disclosure of information for the same reason.

Kind regards,

Sia

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Please contact Communications Manager Maggie Tait on [email address]

or contact - [email address]

I am no longer based in this office.
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Dear Mr Wilson,

 

Thank you for your follow up email. Sia has now moved onto her next
contract and I am the Communications Manager here.

 

While we understand your interest in more detailed information, we
maintain our decision to decline your request in order to respect the
privacy of our staff members.

 

We hope the detailed information supplied to you about our Chief and
Deputy Chief Censor, who have statutory responsibility for classification
decisions, and the more general information about staff in our small
office, is useful. We have also supplied you information about the
structure of our team, the Code of Conduct we are guided by, and how our
processes work.

 

Due to the high level of public interest in this decision we also took the
step of proactively publishing relevant background documents on our
website.

 

The role of this office is to classify publications according to the legal
criteria, and, as you know, in this case we determined that the
publication was objectionable. It is up to enforcement agencies to decide
whether to prosecute.

 

If you are not satisfied with how your request under the Official
Information Act has been dealt with, you have the right to complain to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.govt.nz or Freephone 0800 802602.

 

Warm regards

 

Maggie Tait

 

 

Maggie Tait | Communications Manager

Office of Film and Literature Classification
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Hi Mr Wilson,
Thanks for your response. I won't get into the arguments again but just wanted to acknowledge your email.
Warm regards
Maggie

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From: Mr. Wilson [mailto:[FYI request #10185 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 7 May 2019 10:12 p.m.
To: Maggie Tait <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Information around the decision to censor objectionable document

Dear Maggie,

Thanks for your reply.

To reiterate again that I very carefully asked for a summary that would not reveal personal details. These individuals are also drawing salaries averaging $100k at the expense of the NZ public. So it's disappointing that the office would take the position that the NZ public does not need to know anything about these individuals.

As a comparison with regards to transparency, Australia's classification office lists every one of their classification board members, (even temp's) and give a summary of their background information, and their role in the community.

I understand that this is the second time that OFLC has stated they won't release the info, so I'll leave it as it is for now. I'll take stock, and assess the next steps forward.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Wilson

P.s. Congrats on your new role! All the best.

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Dear Mr Wilson,

 

Thank you for your follow up email. Sia has now moved onto her next contract and I am the Communications Manager here.

 

While we understand your interest in more detailed information, we maintain our decision to decline your request in order to respect the privacy of our staff members.

 

We hope the detailed information supplied to you about our Chief and Deputy Chief Censor, who have statutory responsibility for classification decisions, and the more general information about staff in our small office, is useful. We have also supplied you information about the structure of our team, the Code of Conduct we are guided by, and how our processes work.

 

Due to the high level of public interest in this decision we also took the step of proactively publishing relevant background documents on our website.

 

The role of this office is to classify publications according to the legal criteria, and, as you know, in this case we determined that the publication was objectionable. It is up to enforcement agencies to decide whether to prosecute.

 

If you are not satisfied with how your request under the Official Information Act has been dealt with, you have the right to complain to the Ombudsman. Information about how to make a complaint is available at [1]www.ombudsman.parliament.govt.nz or Freephone 0800 802602.

 

Warm regards

 

Maggie Tait

 

 

Maggie Tait | Communications Manager

Office of Film and Literature Classification
[2]OFLCicon072
Te Tari Whakarōpū Tukuata, Tuhituhinga

04 4716-782 |Mobile  027 346 5970
[3]www.classificationoffice.govt.nz

 

 

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