of the
variety programmes. They are the other side of the medal. But
one must look at the whole'."

Our conclusions as a Committee are as follows:

(1) The officers of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service have
studied in a properly co-operative spirit the suggestions and
recommendations of the Mazengarb Committee, and that

(2) They are alive to the responsibilities that rest upon them as a
Department of State charged with the task of operating a most
important medium of public entertainment, information and
instruction, and that

(3) They have, over the years, worked out for themselves a code of
procedure under which a high and commendable standard of
broadcasting has been, and is being, maintained, and that

(4) They are taking all reasonable and practicable steps to give
effect to the suggestions put forward by the Mazengarb Committee,
and that

(5) We express the hope that the utmost vigilance should be
exercised over the choice, content, and timing of
programmes--especially over those designed for the extended hours
set apart for juvenile listeners--and that every effort be made to
maintain the high standard that the Service has set for itself. We
recommend, too, that during the hours set apart for children there
should be a complete absence of features that can fairly be
regarded as being unsuitable for or injurious to young people.

(_d_) Censoring Authorities

On this point we cite a paragraph from a memorandum placed
before us by the Secretary for the Department of Internal Affairs. It
reads as follows:

"A further recommendation contained in the report is to the
following effect:

"'Any Departments concerned with censorship should maintain a
liaison to produce as far as possible a uniform interpretation
of public opinion and taste.'

"In the view of this Department the objective of the recommendation
is good and should be followed up by appropriate action. There are
several Departments concerned from different angles, and it would
seem that the recommendation could best be implemented by whichever
Department is charged with the general oversight of matters
relating to moral delinquency. It would then be merely a matter of
administrative action for that Department to call periodical
meetings of the appropriate officers concerned wit