{"id":68957,"date":"2013-02-08T05:32:48","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=68957"},"modified":"2013-02-08T05:32:48","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T10:32:48","slug":"threats-fly-over-hobbit-document-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/02\/08\/68957-threats-fly-over-hobbit-document-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats fly over Hobbit document release"},"content":{"rendered":"

Warner Bros is threatening that the Government’s release of confidential documents about the Hobbit union debate would be a “major disincentive” to future film-making in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

The New Zealand Ombudsman has ordered the Government to release documents about the deal it struck to ensure the Hobbit movies were made in the country.<\/p>\n

The Government secured the three movies by changing employment laws and beefing up the tax rebate sweetener for the productions, resulting in an additional $25 million in incentives for Warner Bros.<\/p>\n

Unions fought the law changes and the Labour Party accused the government of chequebook legislation.<\/p>\n

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