Classification Office (New Zealand)
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The Classification Office (New Zealand) is the government body responsible for classifying and restricting films, games, and other publications to regulate their access and content standards across the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Classification Office (New Zealand) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10254949 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Classification Office (New Zealand) Context triple: [New Zealand film industry, regulator, Classification Office (New Zealand)]
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A.
New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Customs Service is the government agency responsible for border security, customs control, and the collection of duties and taxes on goods entering or leaving New Zealand.
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B.
Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)
The Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) is the government agency responsible for administering the country’s tax system and related social policy programs.
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C.
Ministry of Justice (New Zealand)
The Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) is the government department responsible for overseeing the country’s justice system, including courts, legal aid, and policy development on justice-related matters.
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D.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) is the independent public body responsible for overseeing and enforcing privacy and data protection laws in New Zealand.
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E.
New Zealand Crown agencies
New Zealand Crown agencies are government organizations and bodies that operate under the authority of the New Zealand Crown to deliver public services, implement policy, and uphold statutory responsibilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Classification Office (New Zealand) Target entity description: The Classification Office (New Zealand) is the government body responsible for classifying and restricting films, games, and other publications to regulate their access and content standards across the country.
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A.
New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Customs Service is the government agency responsible for border security, customs control, and the collection of duties and taxes on goods entering or leaving New Zealand.
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B.
Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)
The Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) is the government agency responsible for administering the country’s tax system and related social policy programs.
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C.
Ministry of Justice (New Zealand)
The Ministry of Justice (New Zealand) is the government department responsible for overseeing the country’s justice system, including courts, legal aid, and policy development on justice-related matters.
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D.
Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand)
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand) is the independent public body responsible for overseeing and enforcing privacy and data protection laws in New Zealand.
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E.
New Zealand Crown agencies
New Zealand Crown agencies are government organizations and bodies that operate under the authority of the New Zealand Crown to deliver public services, implement policy, and uphold statutory responsibilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classification authority
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government agency ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
inform the public about content
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protect children from harmful content ⓘ support freedom of expression within the law ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | OFLC (New Zealand) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesLaw | Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
broadcast content (in certain cases)
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digital media ⓘ physical media ⓘ |
| canIssue |
age-restricted classifications
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objectionable classifications (bans) ⓘ unrestricted classifications ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
New Zealand Customs Service
NERFINISHED
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New Zealand Police NERFINISHED ⓘ internet service providers in New Zealand ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | New Zealand law ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityTo |
require cuts or changes as a condition of classification
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review and reclassify publications ⓘ |
| headquartersCountry | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officialName | Office of Film and Literature Classification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | New Zealand Government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRole |
censorship (within statutory limits)
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classification of media ⓘ content regulation ⓘ |
| regulates |
DVDs and Blu-ray discs
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books and magazines ⓘ films ⓘ posters and printed publications ⓘ some online publications ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
classification of films
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classification of online content (within its mandate) ⓘ classification of publications ⓘ classification of video games ⓘ issuing age-restriction classifications ⓘ restricting access to objectionable material ⓘ setting content standards for publications ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | Classification Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supervises |
classification of commercial film releases
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classification of commercial video game releases ⓘ |
| website | https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Classification Office (New Zealand) Description of subject: The Classification Office (New Zealand) is the government body responsible for classifying and restricting films, games, and other publications to regulate their access and content standards across the country.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.