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Amazon moves Lord of the Rings production from New Zealand to UK

The Verge

Although the first season was filmed in New Zealand, as with Peter Jackson’s movies, Amazon now says pre-production on season two will begin early next year in the UK while season one post-production continues in New Zealand through June. It’s not clear exactly where the series will be shot.

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When fundraising, New Zealand startup founders should play the ‘Kiwi card’

TechCrunch

New Zealand, a country of 5 million people in the South Pacific, has witnessed a shifting tech startup landscape over the last couple of years. Founders and VCs in New Zealand are hopeful that the increase in funding from multiple sources is a signal that technology might just become the country’s next big industry.

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New Zealand startup HeartLab raises $2.45M to bring heart scanning software to the US

TechCrunch

New Zealand-based medtech startup HeartLab has raised $2.45 Cardiologists and sonographers at four different sites in New Zealand are trialing HeartLab’s tech now, which is also awaiting regulatory approval from the U.S.’s ’s Food and Drug Administration. ” said Hewitt. ” said Hewitt.

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Substack announces a $1M initiative to fund local journalists

TechCrunch

While the seemingly unending debate around Substack has focused on well-known writers with a national profile, the newsletter platform just announced that it will be supporting local (presumably non-famous) journalists through a new program. Facebook and Google have also announced programs to support local news.)

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New Zealand’s startup ecosystem poised to grow more ‘tall poppies’

TechCrunch

New Zealand, a country of just under 5 million people, has historically flown under the radar of venture capitalism. Now, investors see New Zealand as a country with a track record of building companies with global exits in SaaS, health tech and deep tech. A geographically isolated country with a “no worries!”

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Foreign investors, mature startups redraw New Zealand’s VC funding landscape

TechCrunch

Early-stage investment as an asset class is maturing in New Zealand,” Suse Reynolds, chair of New Zealand’s Angel Association, a network that connects angel investors to business owners, wrote in the PwC report. “A Note: All monetary amounts are listed in New Zealand dollars unless otherwise stipulated. .

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Airbnb reports surge in demand for local holidays

The Verge

More people are booking local holidays in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Bloomberg reports. The shift is a small piece of good news for the travel industry, which has been hammered by travel restrictions, social distancing regulations, and a wider economic downturn caused by COVID-19. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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