I like the way he thinks.

Yes well if it turns out that she is head of the 80 actors that are responsible for pushing big-budget international film production permanently offshore, which looks likely, I doubt she’ll get too many more roles like that.

What the hell are those 80 actors thinking? Are they mental? We should all be concerned, given what’s at stake. LOTR was the genesis of a beneficial behemoth for NZ not just in domestic employment but in offshore advertising for NZ.

All of that gone. Vanished. It may already be too late.

Idiots.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/4188825/Large-fire-in-Wellington

Why is it I have never heard of her?

Is she an Actor/ess or a union offiicial?

Oh well, when we no longer have a NZ film industry

If the only film industry we have is one propped up by tax payers money and run by unions that we don’t have a film industry, we have a popularity money pit for self sering govt.

Methinks the members of SPADA won’t be too keen on having her on their productions from here on.

Why else would the Australian union fund activities in NZ. Australians might sometimes do stupid things but they generally have an eye on winning as their target rather than being altruistic. Most don’t know what the NZ in ANZAC actually stands for.

And are any of these 80 actually known actors? Or have they filled roles such as ‘Guy filling water from cooler’ or ‘Decapitated Elf’, with such stunning and memorable lines in the movie such as “Uhh” and “Ahhhh”.

That suggests we already have a protection racket?
I thought that it was because the NZ Unions weren’t up to scratch so the producers (jackson) were controlling the indutry and not dealing with the little people fairly?

or is that one crook wanting to take over another crooks patch?

I heard, from a very, very good source – the number is around 80.

- It starts with “NZ Actors Equity”. This is a tiny organisation that represents a small minority of New Zealand Actors. They are not a Union, and have none of the legal status of a Union. They are a … well, a smallish group who have some New Zealand actors as members. How many actors are members of NZ Equity? They guard that information very closely, but various reports I’ve seen put their membership at 200, although somebody in the know swears it’s nearer 100.

– How many professional actors are there in New Zealand? Somewhere between 2000 and 4000, depending on just how you describe a “professional actor”. Obviously most Kiwi actors have other employment too, but there’s certainly over 2000 actors available to cast in a film production.

– So taking the most generous numbers, NZ Actors Equity represents 200 out of 2000 Kiwi actors, or 10%. Perhaps I’m wrong, and if so, NZ Equity will no doubt reveal their real membership numbers.

- Now there’s nothing wrong with NZ Actors Equity representing 10% of the actors in this country. It’s great that they offer that service, and if an actor chooses, there’s a supportive group they can join. Obviously the more actors that join NZ Equity, the better, since these organisations usually survive by taking a small percentage of their members acting fees. I’m guessing that Equity do something like that. Recently they have been part-funded by MEAA.