Film Industry

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Technology correspondent Peter Griffin looks at how the country's video games industry has become a creative powerhouse, generating $407m in the last financial year, and is now under threat from tax… Audio

Last week Nine to Noon looked at plans to build a big film studio complex on the outskirts of Wanaka. The proposal, which was given the greenlight late last year under a fast-tracked consent process… Audio

Huge sums in subsidies will go to Amazon when a Lord of the Rings series is made here in the years to come. In the year just gone, a much more modest amount of public money was spent helping local… Audio

It's a problem every country with a film industry is grappling with - how to make the most of the global boom in film and television production. The screen industry is worth over $3 billion to the New… Audio

Amazon Prime’s announcement of a Lord of the Rings TV series to be made here was big news in the media - as was the huge tax break it is likely to get. It’s part of a business model that means Amazon… Video, Audio

Vancouver actress Sarah Edmondson spent 12 years in the NXIVM cult. She eventually blew the whistle and has a new book, Scarred: The True Story of How I Escaped NXIVM, The Cult That Bound My Life. Audio

Is the arts a place where women have equal opportunity? And if not, why not? That's the big question at hand in Episode Six of RNZ podcast, Beyond Kate. Audio

Actors' representatives say they want to see the government move swiftly to re-write the so-called 'Hobbit Law', and that the film industry will not suffer as a result. The law, which was introduced… Audio

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern has already cast her vote in the election as she unveiled a $38 million annual boost for the film industry and public broadcasting. Video, Audio

Seasoned New Zealand journalist and documentary maker, Wayne Brittenden takes us through the history of Kiwis' love affair with the silver screen, at least between 1925 - 1970. Audio, Gallery