'I'm the last censor in the western world': New Zealand's David Shanks tackles the c-word

The word is loaded with connotations of state suppression but NZ's chief censor takes a different view

When David Shanks presents himself at international conferences, his peers recoil slightly.

"I'd introduce myself as, 'Hi, I'm David from New Zealand. New Zealand's chief censor,'" he says. "And basically these people would take an involuntary step backwards, almost, on many occasions."