New Zealand court allows 'boobs on bikes' parade

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2008

WELLINGTON (AFP) — Topless porn stars are expected to cruise down Auckland's main street on motorbikes on Wednesday after a court said the "Boobs on Bikes" parade was not legally offensive.

Bureaucrats in New Zealand's biggest city had called for a court injunction against the event, saying it breached an Auckland City Council bylaw banning offensive public events.

But a female Auckland District Court judge rejected the plea, saying she was not convinced that bare-breasted women parading in leathers was legally offensive, local media reported.

Judge Nicola Mathers said that while critics in the council might find the spectacle tasteless, last year's event drew a crowd of 80,000 photo-snapping supporters.

Her decision was based on the law, not morals,...