TIL: The New Zealand government agreed to remove the right of workers to organise trade unions in the film production industry, and to give money to big budget films made in New Zealand in return for Warner Bros making The Hobbit films in New Zealand.

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/oct/31/warner-bros-new-zealand-hobbit-film



Submitted April 15, 2015 at 03:23AM by ledgendary http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/32m3gq/til_the_new_zealand_government_agreed_to_remove/