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Speaker 1: It's great to see the Coalition government looking at every

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Speaker 1: possible way in order to maximize the New Zealand economy.

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Speaker 1: Right yesterday, a bunch of very important government ministers stood

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Speaker 1: near the arrival gates of Wellington Airport to reinforce the

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Speaker 1: news regarding the loosening of visa requirements for overseas visitors

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Speaker 1: who want to too in New Zealand while working remotely

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Speaker 1: for their employer at home. This is a copy and

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Speaker 1: paste of what other countries have successfully implemented. Essentially, what

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Speaker 1: are known as digital nomads will include visitors like IT specialists,

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Speaker 1: as long as they are not receiving any income from

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Speaker 1: New Zealand sources. It would also extend to social media influences,

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Speaker 1: provided they're not being paid by overseas companies. These changes

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Speaker 1: will apply to all visa visitors visitor visas, including tourists

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Speaker 1: and people visiting family. Visitor visas can be extended for

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Speaker 1: up to nine months, although the ministers warned that working

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Speaker 1: New Zealand for more than ninety days could require them

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Speaker 1: to declare themselves as New Zealand tax residents. This may

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Speaker 1: well indeed help in a range of ways to sure

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Speaker 1: that more and more overseas residents spend more time and

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Speaker 1: money here, or indeed eventually decide to make New Zealand home. However,

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Speaker 1: the ongoing influence of massive companies like Netflix may prove

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Speaker 1: to be more of a success story for New Zealand

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Speaker 1: than any policy invoked by any government. Over the past weekend,

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Speaker 1: parts of Dunedin were turned into an eighteen hundred style

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Speaker 1: Californian town with Hollywood heavyweights filming a new Netflix drama.

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Speaker 1: Academy Award nominee Florence Pube is one of the actresses

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Speaker 1: starring in a new adaptation of a nineteen fifty two

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Speaker 1: novel East of Eden being filmed around New Zealand. Auckland

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Speaker 1: actress Jess Hook is just one of many New Zealand

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Speaker 1: stars hitting the big time with Netflix in a range

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Speaker 1: of movies and Netflix series watched by millions globally. Then

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Speaker 1: there's Lucy m Buchanan in the current super smash series

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Speaker 1: on Netflix, The Night Agent. It's really good. Actually dial

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Speaker 1: it up if you haven't. This is currently the number

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Speaker 1: one show around the world for Netflix, with the ongoing

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Speaker 1: potential to not only print money for Netflix and those

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Speaker 1: that are invest in the company, but also for New Zealand.

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Speaker 1: There's a very long list of actors doing amazing things

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Speaker 1: on the big and small screens of the world. And

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Speaker 1: this list is only fortified and embellished by the even

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Speaker 1: longer list of producers, directors, and others behind the scenes

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Speaker 1: talent who enhance the image, perception and geographical recognition of

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Speaker 1: New Zealand each and every time they land a big gig.

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Speaker 1: You've seen what the Lord of the Rings movies and

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Speaker 1: subsequent TV series has done for New Zealand, but we've

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Speaker 1: changed how we want to be entertained since Peter Jackson

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Speaker 1: got stuck into the Ring thing. Government policy like we

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Speaker 1: saw being announced yesterday is gold for the country, but

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Speaker 1: ensuring we do everything possible to keep New Zealand high

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Speaker 1: on the locations list for the abundance of movies and

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Speaker 1: TV series yet to be made is crucial for the

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Speaker 1: desperately needed growth of the economy and the ongoing careers

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Speaker 1: for all those who continue to tread the boards and

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Speaker 1: fiel the pool of the limelight. Schmoozing the pate of

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Speaker 1: you and movie company executives is of greater importance than

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Speaker 1: fiddling about with immigration policies. For more from early edition

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Speaker 1: with Ryan Bridge. Listen live to News Talk Set B

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