“..If they’re not kidding themselves they’re the capital of culture, they are trying to convince the world they’re New Zealand’s events capital, its fashion capital, its earthquake capital, its architecture capital –
- the list is endless.
They’re so desperate to be better than Auckland that a few years back, Mayor Mark Blumsky’s council paid the Government-owned MetService $100,000 to shift the temperature gauge used to provide forecast material for television news to a warmer spot.
Mr Blumsky proposed the thermometer be shifted to the sheltered micro-climate on the lawn in front of the Michael Fowler Centre ..
.. a spot rival forecasters claimed was about 1.5C warmer than the traditional, more exposed airport and Kelburn hills sites.
We Aucklanders sighed rather pityingly, and resisted the temptation to shift our thermometer across to Waiheke where the average temperature is 3C warmer than the rest of Auckland.
In recent years, Wellington’s focus seems to be on selling itself as the Hollywood of the South Seas, riding in on the coat tails of film fantasist extraordinaire Sir Peter Jackson and Weta Workshop.
But at the risk of popping their make-believe bubble .. it isn’t true.
Statistics New Zealand’s Screen Industry Survey 2007-2008 underlines that whatever measure you use, the Wellington-based film industry is dwarfed by Auckland’s, and has been for years.
For example, in 2008, of the country’s 2223 screen industry businesses, 55 per cent (1212) were in Auckland against Wellington’s 29 per cent (648).
Nationally, the gross revenue from production and post-production for the screen industry totalled $1.266 billion ..
.. of which $878 million fed directly into the Auckland economy..”
(um..!..how about ‘welly-wankers’..?..y’know..!..for a more accurate sign..?..
y’know what is really funny about wellington..?..when things get really convoluted..?
when they try to tell you their anorexic-excuse for a daily rag..is a ‘good newspaper’..
..heh..!..
and yahafta ask:..’do they really believe their own (welly-wood) bullshit..?’..
..it would seem group self-delusion has gripped them..and they do..
and that is both funny..and sad..eh..?)
go to source/story>>Brian Rudman : Two cheers for Wellywood – they’re welcome to their wannabe sign – Opinion – NZ Herald News
