{"id":50089,"date":"2022-11-09T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/nov\/09\/serious-concerns-raised-in-nz-about-environmental-impact-of-major-productions-including-amazons-rings-of-power"},"modified":"2022-11-09T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T21:00:10","slug":"serious-concerns-raised-in-nz-about-environmental-impact-of-major-productions-including-amazons-rings-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=50089","title":{"rendered":"Serious concerns raised in NZ about environmental impact of major productions including Amazon\u2019s Rings of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In response to workers\u2019 claims of high emissions and waste, Amazon says it complied with all laws and \u2018either met or exceeded industry standards\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Picture three scenes: in a sheltered clearing, a stand of trees stretches skyward, trunks pale against the dark soil, leaves dappling the ground like golden dollar coins. In another, a maelstrom of white flakes is carried in eddies by the wind. In a third, sheer cliffs are slick with snow, icicles hanging like shards of glass.<\/p>\n<p>Scenes like these have formed the visual signature for onscreen adaptations of the Lord of the Rings, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/aug\/31\/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-rings-of-power-review-so-astounding-it-makes-house-of-the-dragon-look-amateur\">Amazon\u2019s latest, monster-budget offering, The Rings of Power<\/a>. That association has helped form the bedrock of a decade of New Zealand tourism campaigns, showcasing the country\u2019s pristine environments to the world.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/nov\/09\/serious-concerns-raised-in-nz-about-environmental-impact-of-major-productions-including-amazons-rings-of-power\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to workers\u2019 claims of high emissions and waste, Amazon says it complied with all laws and \u2018either met or exceeded industry standards\u2019Picture three scenes: in a sheltered clearing, a stand of trees stretches skyward, trunks pale against the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1025,41,69,56,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazon","category-asia-pacific","category-film","category-new-zealand","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50090,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50089\/revisions\/50090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}