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Phil Twyford

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Gender Male
Age 61
Date of birth May 4,1963
Zodiac sign Taurus
Office Minister for Transport of New Zealand
Party New Zealand Labour Party
Official site parliament.nz
NationalityNew Zealand
Position Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control of New Zealand
Education The University of Auckland
Previous positionMinister of Economic Development of New Zealand
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Philip Stoner Twyford is a politician from New Zealand and a member of the Labour Party. He has been a member of parliament since 2008. He is the Labour Party MP for Te Atatū.

Lord of the rings returns to new Zealand with Amazon-TV-show

Feb 16,2020 6:20 am

Ian Mckellen and Elijah Wood in a scene from the movie " the Lord of The rings: The Fellowship of The Ring

New Zealand is ready for another middle-earth-the economic recovery after the Amazon Studios took the Land as the site for its much-anticipated Lord of the rings " TV series.

The Show is widely tipped to be The Most expensive ever made, at a price of at least $1 billion (£801m).

The Amazon wants to device, tap on the huge success of the Lord of the rings film Trilogy , also shot in New Zealand .

The Franchise delivered a boost to the country's tourism and jobs.

the Amazon Studios bought the rights to the TV series, two years ago, said the new adaptation explore fresh storylines preceding J. R. R. Tolkien's classic The Fellowship of The Ring .

the company pre said production had begun, and shoot in Auckland would start in the coming months.

"As we said on the search for the location in the to life the original beauty of the Second time to bring age of middle-earth, we knew that we needed to be somewhere majestic, with pristine coastlines, forests and mountains", the company.

New Zealand is said the Economic Development Minister, Phil Twyford , The Project would create a number of advantages," including the jobs and substantial investment in overseas".

Filmed in the early 2000s, Kiwi Director Peter Jackson , the Lord of the rings " Trilogy pulled in almost $3 billion at The Box office and won a number of Academy Awards .

These Films - with The Hobbit Trilogy sparked a tourism boom in New Zealand .

they put the country to the lush landscapes of The World and prompted millions of visitors flock to the places.

The large-scale productions of New Zealand transformed a small film industry in The World , including in digital Special Effects .

The country has also welcomed Middle-earth, as part of their cultural identity, and the huge models of dragons and wizards to decorate Wellington airport.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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