…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.