
4 March 2026
James
By ema
il: [FYI request #33635 email]
Tēnā koe James,
Official Information Act request
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) which we received
on 4th February 2026.
You said:
Dear Office of Film and Literature Classification,
Requesting following for Dispatch Video game. rated (22Jan 202)
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Examination transcript
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any information on why the censored version was rated
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Consideration Sheet;
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Summary of Reasons any Discussions in meetings, emails notes.
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Supplementary materials (could be video footage, content declaration questionnaire,
cheat codes);
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Screenshots showing information from the database as seen by OFLC;
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Emails and its attachment to and/or from FVLB, OFLC, distributor, publisher,
developer;
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Forms and its attachment to and/or from FVLB, OFLC, distributor, publisher,
developer, Any other correspondence relating to this game.
In responding to your request, we have weighed up the factors in the OIA, including the
purposes in
section 4 and the principle of availability in
section 5.
Response to your request
Information we have released
Attached to this letter is a file containing all of the available information that you have
requested that we have decided to release. This includes:
• the submission form, fee waiver and request for urgent classification from the
publisher of Dispatch,
• fee waiver decision, consideration sheet and register page for Dispatch;
• screenshots of the relevant record in the Classification Database Application and of
the relevant classification Trello card; and
• relevant emails and correspondence held by the Classification Office.
Parts of some of these documents have been withheld under
section 9 of the OIA.
Information we have decided not to release
The publisher of
Dispatch supplied the Classification Office with a build of the game for
examination and classification of this game. No other supplementary material was received.
We consider that its release of such material would be likely to prejudice the supply of
similar information, or information from the same source, and it is in the public interest that
such information should continue to be supplied.
We also believe that releasing this material would be likely to unreasonably prejudice the
publisher’s commercial position.
Accordingly, your request for supplementary material is declined under sections 9(2)(ba)(i)
and 9(2)(b)(ii) of the OIA.
Publication of response
This response may be published on the Classification Offic
e’s website. If it is published
there, your personal information will be redacted.
Right of review
You have the right to make a complaint and seek a review by the Ombudsman of this
response under
section 28(3) of the OIA. Information about this process is available at
ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Thank you for your interest in our mahi.
Ngā mihi nui,
Te Mana Whakaatu—Classification Office