It Occurred To Me That When

…Hollywood was moaning that using our scenery, expertise and actors for their moving picture shows was costing waaaay too much …

…and the dear old NZ Govrenment was handing out tax breaks, workers-rights breaks and the like in ever increasing handfuls…

… that, as unpalatable as it all seemed at the time, there is a simple phonetic reason for the outcome…

 

…and that, boys and girls, is why the film industry wasn’t taken away from us.