Office of Film and Literature Classification

The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) is the government agency in New Zealand that is responsible for the classification of all films, videos, publications, and some video games in the country. It is unconnected to the Australian agency that had the same name until 2005 – Australia and New Zealand have entirely different classification regimes.

According to the OFLC, the New Zealand ratings are only applied to games if they:
 * Are restricted (classified as MA15+ or R18+) in Australia
 * Are refused classification (banned) in Australia or the UK
 * Are classified 15, 18, or R18 in Britain (or PEGI 16 and PEGI 18)
 * Have restricted content under New Zealand law

Grand Theft Auto Game Ratings
The majority of the Grand Theft Auto series has been rated R18 by the OFLC in New Zealand; a rating for GTA Advance and GTA London 1961 is not found in their database, so its actual rating is unknown. GTA Chinatown Wars war rated R16 by the OFLC in New Zealand. Both the first and second versions of GTA San Andreas were granted the R18 rating. The original GTA was initially rated R18, but was downgraded to an R13 in 2018.

The following games are rated R18

The following games are rated R16 The following games are rated R13 The following games were not rated in New Zealand
 * Grand Theft Auto: London 1969
 * Grand Theft Auto 2
 * Grand Theft Auto III
 * Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
 * Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
 * Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
 * Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
 * Grand Theft Auto IV
 * Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
 * Grand Theft Auto V
 * Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
 * Grand Theft Auto
 * Grand Theft Auto: London 1961
 * Grand Theft Auto Advance