A giant Gollum welcomes arrivals at Wellington airport. Image: Wikimedia commons
Australians are used to the seduction of Hollywood and the glum sense that our sector is but a feeder for Glitz Central in California. New Zealand, not so much.
It turns out that Wellington is busily inventing itself as a creative hub for the South Pacific and supporting startups and bolting large digital outfits like Xero, Datacom and Xi to the floor.