New Zealand: under the mountain

That’s how much pressure small screen industries are under this year and New Zealand is no exception… but a number of reviews and Peter Jackson’s touch are reason enough to be optimistic about the future. Miguel Gonzalez reports.

The global recession has been unkind to small domestic markets and, according to Penelope Borland, chief executive of the Screen Production and Development Association, the NZ industry is “particularly vulnerable”, especially the television sector.

“Since there are no local content quotas, the networks rely on dropping commercial revenues,” she explained.