When New Zealand’s Screen Production And Development Association (Spada) was created in 1992, medical soap Shortland Street had just hit television screens, Jane Campion’s film The Piano was in production and Sir Peter Jackson was still in his splatter period.
During the last two decades, the screen production industry here has evolved to make New Zealand a film hub on the world stage, with The Hobbit’s highly anticipated release just days away and Hollywood director James Cameron making his Avatar sequel in the capital.
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