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jgaiser · 09-07-2015, 07:08 PM

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=11509128

New Zealand author Ted Dawes has had his award winning YA book Into the River banned for sale within New Zealand. Apparently all media (movies and books) can/must have a rating. A conservative Christian group, Family First, made a complaint due to language, sex and violence and the book's R14 rating was removed. Completely unavailable until at least the end of the month (well, except for Amazon).

09-07-2015, 07:08 PM	#1
jgaiser Omnivorous Posts: 3,283 Karma: 27978909 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Rural NW Oregon Device: Kindle Voyage, Kindle Fire HD, Kindle 3, KPW1	New Zealand has just banned "Into The River", it's first book banning in 22 years http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=11509128 New Zealand author Ted Dawes has had his award winning YA book Into the River banned for sale within New Zealand. Apparently all media (movies and books) can/must have a rating. A conservative Christian group, Family First, made a complaint due to language, sex and violence and the book's R14 rating was removed. Completely unavailable until at least the end of the month (well, except for Amazon).