Elected Member of the New Zealand Parliament. All posts are my own observations and thoughts and are not necessarily the views of the National Party. This publication (blog) is by an individual, on a non-commercial basis, on the Internet of my personal political views.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Celebrating The Hobbit
This week we celebrated our film industry as Wellington rolled out the red carpet for the world premiere of Sir Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.
The premiere is a pat on the back for all New Zealanders, with many of our communities having been involved in this production.
Producing these big budget films here is worth $3 billion across our economy. Our vibrant screen industry directly supports more than 2700 businesses, of which over 95 per cent are involved in production and post-production work.
About 3000 people have been employed fulltime on The Hobbit films to date, and more than $1.5 million a week was paid to the shooting crew alone.
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