NZ to Spend Another Half Billion Dollars to Lure Hollywood Back to ‘Wellywood’

NZ to Spend Another Half Billion Dollars to Lure Hollywood Back to ‘Wellywood’

The New Zealand government is to try to regain the country’s status as a movie location of choice for big-budget Hollywood productions—something that saw Wellington widely referred to as “Wellywood” in its heyday. To do so, available funding for the International Screen Production Rebate will increase to $250 million (US$147 million) for 2024/25, and to $210 million from 2025/26 onwards. Eligible productions will be entitled to a 20 percent reba…