Filming in Otago reaches new levels: 'A real endorsement of quality' - a podcast by RNZ

Otago's enjoying an unprecedented level of filming around the region at the moment. A Netflix flim called The Royal Treatment about to wrap up after several weeks of filming in Dunedin and Oamaru, and TV series Under the Vines and One Lane Bridge have been filming in Central Otago and Queenstown. But if they're to capitalise on the opportunities, and the record number of enquiries coming into Film Otago Southland, what they're going to need is more studios - and fast. Lynn Freeman talks to the organisation's Film Office Coordinator, Antony Deaker, who says the Neflix movie particularly has been a huge boost to the local economy, with its 135-strong crew and large cast of mainly Kiwi based actors and extras:

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