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| No.8 November, 2009 |
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Stage gets set for NZ-HK film and digital entertainment growth |
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 Duncan Pescod, Hong Kong Government’s Permanent Secretary for communications and technology from the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, was hosted by the Hong Kong Business Association and the ANZ Bank’s Asia New Zealand Relationship Banking Unit in Auckland on November 6.
Mr Pescod was in Auckland as part of his visit to New Zealand to look at the NZ film sector and to sign an arrangement to encourage greater joint film and other digital entertainment projects, including TV games and animation, between HK and NZ.
The arrangement encourages business-to-business contact and investment in content production and will make exchange of technology and training easier.
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Mr Pescod told film makers, the media and members of the HKNZBA and ANZ staff he was impressed with the passion in the industry in New Zealand.
While in Wellington he visited Weta Workshop and Park Rd Post and saw footage from the recent top rating HK movie "Red Cliff Part 1" partially post produced there. Later in Auckland he visited Henderson Valley Studios and the sets for "Legend of the Seeker".
He told filmmakers that they should regard Hong Kong as a safe place in terms of intellectual property (IP) protection and as an ideal springboard into Mainland China’s rapidly growing film and digital entertainment market.
Separately, an agreement on knowledge sharing between NZ and HK’s digital sectors was also signed in Wellington between the NZ Institute of Screen Innovators and HK’s Cyberport.
Mr Pescod's visit took place while Hong Kong and New Zealand officials are working to conclude negotiations for a Closer Economic Partnership (CEP) agreement. In a further example of the deepening relationship between New Zealand and Hong Kong, an "Arrangement on Cooperation in Wine-related Business", was signed in Hong Kong on October 28.
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