New Zealand’s ‘100% pure’ mantle has cracked again with the publication of a report (allegedly ‘buried since June’) that one in five people in New Zealand has unsafe or unregistered drinking water that has not been classified. The report, which is bound to promote further ‘NZ is third world‘ criticism, was released by the Ministry…
Today’s meeting between New Line/Warner and the NZ government has ended inconclusively, with studio executives asking for larger incentives (tax breaks) and changes to labour laws to keep The Hobbit movies in NZ (link) In Britain, for films with a core expenditure of more than £20 million, the film production company can claim a payable…
NZ Prime Minister, John Key, has today told the press that he won’t (ed. can’t?) be getting into a bidding war to keep The Hobbit production in New Zealand just because other countries have been rumoured to be offering the film’s backers more in tax incentives: “I’ve made it quite clear that if it comes…
The Nelson Mail is running another story about violence in the South Island town, this time a Chilean tourist has fallen foul of three members of Nelson’s community of drunken thugs. The young man was attacked on the Church Steps, below the Nelson Cathedral – a popular tourist attraction. This is is thought to be…
The irony may not be lost on some. Today a number of Keep the Hobbit in NZ protest marches were held in New Zealand, one message being “hey Warner we’re all Bros here“. Today New Zealand rolled over and prostituted itself to studio bosses, jeopardised its already dwindling employment rights, handed the government their consent…
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