Unacceptable Swear Words in New Zealand

Warning: Adult Language ahead!

We are being desensitised toward profanity!

The New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Agency has published a document called 'What Not to Swear: The Acceptability of Words in Broadcasting'. Original document @ BSA.govt.nz

It has revealed that many NZ'ers are not too offended anymore by words they hear on the radio and tellybox, such as, bugger, bloody, crap, bullshit, balls, shit, bastard, prick, arsehole, wanker, whore, retard and faggot just to name a few.

51% of NZ'ers do not appreciate having their South Pacific ears soiled by the word 'Fuck' but in 2009 a massive 74% (down from 79% in 1999) of people still consider the undisputed heavyweight champion of swear words to be the one which is absolutely guaranteed to offend. I am of course talking about the one, the only. 'C-u-n-t'.

See You Next Tuesday.

Check out Kiwiblog's take on the issue >

Video: Auckland in High Definition

This is my 2nd effort at making an HD 720p video for YouTube on the Flip Mino HD.

I put the camera on a tripod and jammed it between the dashboard and the passenger seat, making it very solid. I did however get some of the bonnet in shot and a few reflections but nothing major.

Overall, I think this is the type of filming the Flip Mino HD is ideal for. The camera does have quite bad shimmering effects (like many small lens cameras and mobile phones) but a static tripod shot like this seems to defeat that. This journey was From the North Shore to Auckland City. Featuring Browns Bay, Waiake beach area, SH1, Northern Motorway, Auckland Harbour Bridge, CBD, Ponsonby and Karangahape Road.

hope you like it.



Music by Alexander Boyes and Manolo Camp, thanks to Opsound.org