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Inside the new $3.2million Jacinda Ardern documentary critics say is dangerously close to taxpayer-funded propaganda

A $3.2 million documentary feature film charting the rise of ex-NZ Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern – backed by $800,000 in public funds – is the latest tired product of the country’s lacklustre film industry, writes Nicholas Sheppard.
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First Hollywood, then Wellywood – but now maybe Wallywood?

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Wallywood has a nice ring to it, according to Upper Hutt mayor Wayne Guppy, who says a $50m film and television studio is good news for the local economy. His reference relates to Wallaceville-based Lane St Studios, possibly Upper Hutt’s…

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Renowned Australian movie stuntman, Grant Page dies in car crash.

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Canadians in Wellington to discuss co-productions with local filmmakers

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WE WERE DANGEROUS – Review: New Zealand Teens Try to Escape a Christian School for Delinquent Girls in Small but Spirited Period Drama

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A small but spirited 1954-set drama about a group of “delinquent” teenage girls who plan a daring escape from the one-dock New Zealand island where they’ve been sent for institutional Christianization, Māori filmmaker Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu’s “We Were Dangerous” does…

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March 16, 2024

Inside the new $3.2million Jacinda Ardern documentary critics say is dangerously close to taxpayer-funded propaganda

First Hollywood, then Wellywood – but now maybe Wallywood?

Renowned Australian movie stuntman, Grant Page dies in car crash.

Canadians in Wellington to discuss co-productions with local filmmakers

WE WERE DANGEROUS – Review: New Zealand Teens Try to Escape a Christian School for Delinquent Girls in Small but Spirited Period Drama

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