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Shot In NZ – Part II: Lord Of The Rings

June 20, 2016

New Zealand’s cinematic output has been a mixed bag. After all, we’re a long way from Hollywood – geographically, socially, financially, you name the yardstick. In spite of this, we do have a history of making mostly good, sometimes excellent movies. My take is that all those degrees of separation from the showbiz capital […]

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The War In Colour

May 7, 2015

Kiwi film director Sir Peter Jackson has unveiled his latest project, a multi-media WWI exhibition which opened in Wellington last month to mark the centenary of the Gallipoli landings. As the exhibition’s creative director, Sir Peter said his primary goal was to take the Great War out of stuffy, monochromatic history books and bring

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Queenstown – A Compendium

January 26, 2015

“Adventure Capital of the World”, the brochures are prone to gush, and for once this is not be the hollow claim of some bean-counting business association. Queenstown truly is packed with hundreds of thrills for thrill-seekers and spectacles for spectators, and in natural surroundings that are most definitely world class. I’ve long scoffed at the

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School Holiday Top 10 – Wellington

September 21, 2014

In this series of ultimate school holiday suggestions, we handpick our next crop from our capital, Wellington, and its surrounds. There are some great adventures to be had in our political and cultural centre, so from September 27th to October 12th needn’t be a time of stress, frustration, and uncontrollable weeping. There are numerous

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