Editing Culture of New Zealand (section)

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{{See also|Cinema of New Zealand}}
New Zealand is grappling with the effect of international streaming platforms in the New Zealand market. In 2023 the New Zealand's screen producers' guild, SPADA pointed out international streamers currently 'pay no tax in New Zealand, face no regulation, and use broadband infrastructure partially funded by our Government while at the same time impact local broadcasting viewership and advertising revenue'. Regulating this would be in-line with many other countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-19 |title=Culture 101 Arts News: November 19 2023 |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/culture-101/audio/2018915995/culture-101-arts-news-november-19-2023 |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> 

The number of [[List of New Zealand films|New Zealand films]] significantly increased during the 1970s. The highest-grossing New Zealand films are ''[[Hunt for the Wilderpeople]]'', ''[[Boy (2010 film)|Boy]]'', ''[[The World's Fastest Indian]]'', ''[[Whale Rider]]'', ''[[Once Were Warriors (film)|Once Were Warriors]]'' and ''[[The Piano]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.flicks.co.nz/blog/list/top-10-highest-grossing-new-zealand-movies-ever/ |title=Top 10 Highest Grossing New Zealand Movies Ever|date=May 2016 |work=Flicks.co.nz |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> The country's diverse scenery and compact size, plus government incentives,<ref>{{cite news |title=New Zealand Bends and 'Hobbit' Stays |first1=Michael |last1=Cieply |first2=Jeremy |last2= Rose |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/business/media/28hobbit.html |date=October 2010|work=The New York Times |access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref> have encouraged some [[Film producer|producers]] to shoot big-budget productions in New Zealand, including ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' film trilogies, ''[[Avatar (2009 film)|Avatar]]'', ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia (film series)|The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'', ''[[X-Men Origins: Wolverine|Wolverine]]'' and ''[[The Last Samurai]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Production Guide: Locations |work=Film New Zealand |url= http://www.filmnz.com/production-guide/locations.html |access-date=21 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101107112931/http://www.filmnz.com/production-guide/locations.html |archive-date=7 November 2010}}</ref>