News Archive
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2011
- Media needs new complaints body - DomPost letter by John Terris - 31 December 2011
- Law Commission Report: The News Media meets 'New Media' - 12 December 2011
- BSA criticised for refusing name suppression - 29 November 2011
- Kidzone Magic Desktop is huge success - November 2011
- Kids have sophisticated online lives - 26 November 2011
- Pornography project given $790,000 - 25 November 2011
- How much is too much television? - 23 November 2011
- Bill to ban junk food ads [Australia] - 20 November 2011
- President's Report to 2011 AGM - 9 November 2011
- 2011 AGM - 9 November 2011
- The pitfalls of kids and television - 13 October 2011
- How to tackle cyber bullies - 13 October 2011
- Kids on the internet - 13 October 2011
- Case Against the Broadcasting Standards Authority - 8 September 2011
- Racism online may become illegal in NZ - 24 August 2011
- Video game violence: a parent's perspective - 23 August 2011
- Violent video games: fun hobby or mass murder training tool? - 23 August 2011
- Big money for Telecom ad gaffe - 19 August 2011
- Pedantic Wellington viewer fined - 15 August 2011
- Press Release: BSA fines complainant Donald MacDonald - 14 August 2011
- 'Super VIP' Child Porn Ring Busted - 3 August 2011
- Editorial: One Born Every Minute, by Media Matters President John Terris - 3 August 2011
- Facebook to become R18 in Australia? - 22 July 2011
- Australia closer to R18+ rating for video games - 22 July 2011
- Sex, drama and a video game - 8 July 2011
- 'Porn' game rated M - 8 July 2011
- Editorial - TV violence - 17 June 2011
- Doctor's violence cure: No TV - 17 June 2011
- The TV watershed: not in front of the children (Comment) - 8 June 2011
- Facebook pro-bullying page blasted by parents, students - 7 June 2011
- Facebook pre-teen move gets 'like' tick - 25 May 2011
- Editorial: Keeping safe in a virtual world - 22 May 2011
- Social media danger a click away - 26 April 2011
- Survey shows fear of internet predators - 19 April 2011
- Parents tame the web - 14 April 2011
- Apology 'lacked substance and sincerity' - 27 March 2011
- New Zealand's internet filter goes live - 11 March 2011
- Information and Communication. At What Cost? - 7 March 2011
- Quake TV may disturb children - 28 February 2011
- Sex scene complaints not upheld - 28 February 2011
- Christchurch quake - 22 February 2011
- Australian Parents concerned about media impact on children - 17 February 2011
- EU Reps Side With Internet Rights on Child Porn Blocking - 16 February 2011
- Baby advert disregarded safety advice authority - 15 February 2011
- Obesity link to TV in child's bedroom - 14 February 2011
- Parents take revenge on cyber bullies - 5 February 2011
- TV Rules and Internet Policy for kids - 27 January 2011
- How can I get my children to spend less time watching TV? - 25 January 2011
- Facebook – friend or foe? - 13 January 2011
- Child Porn Blocking Won't Work, Says Euro ISPs - 13 January 2011
- European Parliament Considers Web Blocking - 11 January 2011
- Shortland Street's eating disorder link - 10 January 2011
- Now's the time to regulate Internet pornography - 9 January 2011
- NZ websites being targeted by child porn peddlers - 8 January 2011
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2010
- Parents must protect kids from porn - 29 December 2010
- Police Pursuits - 6 December 2010
- 'Broadcasting Standards Authority seeks to punish complainants', by Media Matters President John Terris - 6 December 2010
- Ten tips for preventing, stopping cyber bullying - 30 November 2010
- MP calls for pornography 'opt-in' to protect children - 23 November 2010
- A third of pupils aged ten view pornography on the internet - 23 November 2010
- Standards = Principles + Spirit, by Media Matters member Marris Weight - November 2010
- Internet Safety Agency Praises Telecom for Action - 4 November 2010
- Bill would increase sex offence penalties [Canada] - 3 November 2010
- Letter to CEO, BSA re Handling of Complaints from our Members, by Media Matters President John Terris - 24 October 2010
- Violent films, video games and TV shows DO make boys aggressive, study finds - 19 October 2010
- Air New Zealand unleashes controversial puppet - 15 October 2010
- 'Paul Henry does it again -- and he will again', by Media Matters President John Terris - 8 October 2010
- Dead Bodies Captured by Brazil’s Google Street View Debut - 1 October 2010
- Under 25 year-olds most at risk from social networking - 16 September 2010
- TV influences a child’s psyche - 16 September 2010
- 'Random Acts of Kindness', by Media Matters President John Terris - 2 September 2010
- When to turn off the cameras - 2 September 2010
- Police rescue children from internet sex abuse - 1 September 2010
- Media 'not to blame for sexualising teenagers' - 20 August 2010
- 'BSA disappoints - again', by Media Matters President John Terris - 1 August 2010
- Mum Faces More Fights over TV Ads - 25 July 2010
- [U.K.] MP urges fines for credit card firms over child porn - 21 July 2010
- Get the net out of kids' rooms - 19 July 2010
- Do video games cause attention problems in kids? - 5 July 2010
- Viewers don't mind TV violence says BBC (after asking just 300 of them!) - 23 June 2010
- Pornography is not a private issue - 21 June 2010
- Legalising R18+ Games will not protect children
- Media complaints - Sunday Star Times letter by John Terris - 30 May 2010
- Standards – A matter of Conventions, by Media Matters member Marris Weight - May 2010
- Media Matters' newsletter - April 2010
- Top of the Flops, by Media Matters President John Terris - 26 March 2010
- Man abused schoolgirls he met online - Dominion Post - 15 March 2010
- Violent video games make kids more aggressive, care less - Herald Sun, Australia - 3 March 2010
- Abusive mums may be tracked through life - NZ Herald - 3 March 2010
- A Tonic Mixture, by Media Matters member Marris Weight - 24 February 2010
- They said it! - 24 February 2010
- New [Broadcasting Standards Association] report says television classifications confusing - RadioNZ Morning Report - 19 February 2010
- Media Matters' newsletter - February 2010
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2009
- TV tokens target the telly tubbies 8 November 2009
- Violent TV Undermining Family Violence Message - Family First NZ Media Release: 31 October 2009
- President's Report to 2009 AGM 15 August 2009
- [Australian] Electoral commission approves new 'Sex Party' 10 August 2009
- Summary of Meeting with Minister of Broadcasting 30 July 2009
- Teen's death highlights cyber bullying trend 23 July 2009
- The Trial of the Week has been a Trial of the Media
(And Boy Have They Earned A Stiff Sentence!) 22 July 2009 - A son, a mum and the saucy Trade Me images 5 July 2009
- BBC bows to viewers and
curbs swearing after 9pm watershed
24 June 2009 - Chainsaw advert cuts a little too deep for some 31 March 2009
- Khler attacks virtual violence at massacre memorial service 21 March 2009
- Winnenden massacre parents [open letter] call for changes 21 March 2009
- Radical plan to tackle school bullies 15 March 2009
- Police target web predators 22 February 2009
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2008
- Children shown TV violence 4 December 2008
- Video games linked to Nia's murder 18 November 2008
- What about the kids? 3 November 2008
- Lies of the caring corporates October 2008
- Press in NZ criticised by one of their own October 2008
- Series not a super role model 18 September 2008
- Committee notes heightened concern June 2008
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2007
- Youth Crime in NZ November 2007
- Text and mobile phone bullying at schools
