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REGISTER OF CLASSIFICATION DECISIONS Date of entry in Register: 29 January 2004 Name of applicant/court: Secretary for Internal Affairs Applicant to the Labelling Body: Not Applicable Title of Publication: SuperBike Magazine May, 2003 Other Known Title(s): SuperBike May, 2003 Director(s): Not Applicable Producer(s): Not Applicable Publisher: Focus Network Magazines Author(s): Not Applicable Format: Magazine Country of Origin: UK Language(s): English Components of film originally examined: Not Applicable. Feature: Running Time: Trailers: Running Time: Total Running Time: Excision/Alteration: Not Applicable. Reason(s) for Excision: Not Applicable. … Please turn over tmp2B5 Classification Decision: Objectionable except if the availability of the publication is restricted to persons who have attained the age of 16 years. Display Conditions: That when the publication is on public display, the classification given to the publication must be shown on the publication or any package in which the publication is kept. Descriptive Note: Not Applicable. Direction to issue a label has been given on: Not Applicable. SUMMARY OF THE REASONS FOR DECISION: The publication SuperBike Magazine May 2003 is classified as: Objectionable except if the availability of the publication is restricted to persons who have attained the age of 16 years. The publication is a glossy, colour magazine predominantly containing articles on motorbikes, targeted at an adult male readership. It has a classified section containing advertisements for adult sexual services available on the phone (chat lines). These advertisements are demeaning and degrading to women. Outside the classified section the publication has a small number of sexualised photographic images of women showing their breasts (including a double-sided centrefold) and a small number of sexual references in the text which have a misogynistic tone towards women. The Office of Film and Literature Classification considers that injury would be likely to young people under the age of 16 years old who accessed the magazine. An age restriction of sixteen years will interfere with the freedom of expression as set out in Section 14 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990. This limitation is demonstrably justified, however, given the likely injury to young people and that the magazine is intended for an adult audience. OFLC No: 300926 tmp2B5