Interview with NZ’s Chief Censor about Grand Theft Auto IV

Gameplanet puts some questions to New Zealand’s Chief Censor, Bill Hastings, regarding Grand Theft Auto IV’s R18 rating and why New Zealand is receiving the edited, Australian edition of the game.

"The game was classified R18 in New Zealand because the version we examined was sufficiently violent to warrant an R18 classification," said Mr Hastings. "We noted little, if any, difference between GTA IV and any of the other games in the series. Rockstar itself says in its press release that there are only ‘minor differences’ that are ‘not significant’ between the Australian and US/EU versions."