“The international film sector is incredibly competitive and highly mobile. He said the government was withdrawing the offer of the extra 5 per cent. On Friday Nash said the government had found out only a day earlier that Amazon was leaving, and he was disappointed by the decision. Many locations around the world compete for productions by offering similar, generous rebates.Īt the time of the deal, New Zealand’s Economic Development Minister, Stuart Nash, said the production would bring economic and tourism benefits to the country for years to come and create “an enduring legacy for our screen industry”. The move to Britain comes just four months after Amazon signed a deal with the New Zealand government to get an extra 5 per cent rebate on top of the 20 per cent – or $125 million – it was already claiming from New Zealand taxpayers under a screen production grant.
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