Tauranga Collective Aim to Kick-Start Local Film Industry

Posted Tuesday 14 Dec 2010

Look out Auckland and Wellington! Fed up with seeing film dollars fly off to the main centres, Joanne Rye-McGregor has made it her mission to boost Tauranga's film industry. With a degree in film-making and directing, she's got the expertise; but this is one job you can't do alone. So last year Joanne put out a call to other dedicated film-makers - scriptwriters, producers and camera operatives - and, with a start-up grant from Creative Tauranga, the Tauranga Film Collective was born. Since then this growing fellowship of cinematic aficionados has done a number of shoots together.

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