Wellywood is an informal name for the city of Wellington, New Zealand. The name—a conflation of Wellington and

Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...

—is a reference to the film production business established in the city by ''The Lord of the Rings'' film director

Sir Peter Jackson Sir Peter Robert Jackson (born 31 October 1961) is a New Zealand film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the ''Lord of the Rings'' trilogy (2001–2003) and the ''Hobbit'' trilogy ( ...

, and Wellington-based special effects companies Weta Workshop and Weta Digital. The businesses operate a number of film-related facilities in the Wellington suburb of

Miramar Miramar is a place name of Spanish and Portuguese origin. It means "sea-view" or "sea sight" from ''mirar'' ("to look at, to watch") and ''mar'' ("sea"). It may refer to: Places Africa * Miramar, Port Elizabeth, see St Dominic's Priory School ...

. In March 2010, the Wellington Airport company announced plans to erect a ''Hollywood''-style sign ''Wellywood'' on a hillside next to the Miramar cutting. After the airport considered a range of alternatives, it was announced in May 2011 that the ''Wellywood'' sign would be going ahead. However this was met with enormous criticism, and on 1 June 2011 it was announced that a panel would be convened to consider alternative sign options. The panel ran a binding public poll on '' The Dominion Post'' website with the 'Wellington Blown Away' design being chosen. The sign was erected 27 July 2012.

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Joint Wellington regional initiative to support Wellywood

Massey University Massey University ( mi, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa) is a university based in Palmerston North, New Zealand, with significant campuses in Albany and Wellington. Massey University has approximately 30,883 students, 13,796 of whom are extramural or ...

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Welcome to Wellywood
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