May 42020 Hon Phil Twyford Minister for Economie Development Private Bag 18888 Patiament Bulsing Wetington 6160 bear ster, é. ¢ ‘hope you ane your family are well during these challenging ts als want to app New Zzolend Government for your handing ofthe pandemes We especialy appreciate cry and structure the tered response, nd PM Aden has ered the Fespeet ofthe Eauniyané he word with her drectnes, clear communication andeompassighe WW Looking forward a tention shits rom lito) 8 econamie etsy rink the production of the Avatar Sequels canal wt tht goa spake with Paul Stee enh about ths nd he recommend Iie ow vee FON OY We were inthe middle of reduce oe four sequels Wh the pandemic ht. We sotfor sk months in Welington and Alp befretddng an eng rea bck nthe Us in December n January our Welingon crew retufagdt workto prep Gut get Bock ofve-sction fining Infact, ws scheduled to vin to stare ring te same week WZ wert tevel 4. Though asa permanent resident | cous have come in amber oF ersone rom the cou, and here es he roy rose. nae Even thogh the vst majo ofthe pproximatey 1400 people who wi work onthe Avatar fime are aeay resident in Zo oes, such two ca members our Decor of *otoaphy and ‘ome altel eat, a needed forthe wort seus comme. underside the County moves to evel, them ndustry may return to work. We are seeking elemption to the border resvictone that woul alow us to ringin 4 key cast and crewmembers lite atached ) Tis wil enable us to re-employ over 400 New Zealand production exe, precipitating an estimated fing spend on 2 sol of $60,000,600 NZD over the next 6 months -Adainaly, tis il enahla Wats Pig t continue it work onthe raquale for whichthey curently employ over 650 people and wl ultimately employ over 1000t ther peak. Weta'scentinued services ‘on the sequels wilbrng in an addtional $100,00,000 NZD per year to the County forthe next 5 years. However, tis sony i we can complete ou ve-action work, as that isthe Tourtainhead ofthe "sual effets work that follows last year we brought in 9 international crew but now, sestve to the intent of border restrictions, we ave pro-actively deereased that to 1 crewmembers who ae nique and essential ~ ae0pe who havecttcal institutional krowiedige or special technical sls which do nt exis (as yet) nthe oa fm Industry. Allowing these essential rewmembers (coming fom the US and Austral) tcenter wil allow us te begin production again, Ofcourse, the benef of thisto the NZ economy is nat limited o screen sector workersand supplies it willextend to other hard hit sectors, such s hotels and restaurants, ‘enthusiastically applaud the work that's gone nt the creensafe guidlines for prodution. They are truly biliant and we intend to execute them to the letter and go even beyond Not only do we put the heath nd safety of our crew above al other considerations, its also enlightened set-iterest. Given the high runing costs of production we cannot afford shut downs if eases were to emerge among our ere. eth ial he ore Ret ave ee 2 New Zanes nae the virus, and as val supporter of business in New Zealand, | would not want tig war, We wil ofcourse abide by whatever quarantine rules and conditions a ofthe costs associated with them a enn ili wn of ad cir Gg cis he od frontinrs ta elp ws craft» Heth and Saft rogram spect (oi production THeyesitng tuietines wi mest ar confor tothe standards set by Wt weer Unique prosueton methods WW) (productions 100% sudo based, so we wl by hb dwn bub Wi Aer eral puble The vst ojy of ore or eer ae Pcl arb anno Spring ctor ox hw ae) THE Small bee Crew onthe st at any ne tine, Ways ou eh ees much py dona pont, This woud tude eb eprte weg east ror dptelupor ew, nd ‘wetig conics ou aye re erst gathering for lune, eo K 9 nz (and hopeta chizen) plan to make all my future isin New seaagpen ts Sarma encn ner tarurotin ray how tsa eeo te war. Qgresouih avatar wba beacon that when scr, alatt esto New rian continue to imate te sren industry and ie economy for Ws \s ‘know that you tad been Sede t0-come visit us last week at Stone Street Studios in Wellington. ! look forward to iene time for you come see the cutting edge technologies that we ae using to bring the Avateavels ie OS OQ ‘Thankyou forthe consideration, sim Cameron