John Barnett: Former South Pacific Pictures Boss on whether the Film Commission is funding the right projects

The Taxpayers Union has said that the New Zealand Film Commission needs to stop giving out film subsidies – because they’re not good value.  According to numbers compiled by former boss of South Pacific Pictures, John Barnett, the Film Commission has spent a whopping $88 million of taxpayer money on 54 movies over the last few years. However, they only made $14 million at the NZ Box Office.   John Barnett told Heater du Plessis-Allan “Our stories need by told by us, and to us.”  Barnett said “We should be smarter about what we put our money into.”  LISTEN ABOVE.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.