The New Zealand government is standing up for the poor down trodden, multi-billion dollar movie studios.
New Zealand prime minister John Key says the Hobbit movies will be filmed in his country after a deal was struck with Hollywood studio Warner Brothers.
The government will change laws covering film workers and will give producers extra financial incentives of more than $20 million.
And what exactly are they giving them?
The prime minister says legislation will be introduced into parliament tomorrow to ensure film industry workers are classified as independent contractors rather than employees.
Which translates to: “work longer hours, get paid less and have far fewer entitlements”
A national government protecting the interests of a multibillion dollar foreign company over the work entitlement’s of their citizens. Well, you know what they say: there’s no business like show business.