Twenty years ago Wellington was a sleepy backwater populated by grey-suited bureaucrats and seriously lacking in good coffee. Now New Zealand's capital city absolutely positively hums with life and is regarded as a rising barometer for the South Pacific island nation's emerging digital creative wealth.
Wellington's international reputation for creativity took a leap forward when Oscar winning director Peter Jackson established operations in the city over a decade ago. Jackson operates an enormous production facility two minutes drive from the city's downtown airfield, where he parks his corporate jet. Hits such as Lord of the Rings and King Kong came to life there and filming of The Hobbit is now underway. Jackson also has a stake in highly acclaimed studio Weta Digital that famously provided digital effects for science fiction blockbuster Avatar.
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Author: Paul Spence
