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'Titanic' director James Cameron promotes New Zealand tourism
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James Cameron and his wife walk in Glenorchy, New Zealand. (Tourism New Zealand/-)
T
ourism New Zealand has collaborated with Oscar-winning director James Cameron in a new video to attract more tourists to the country.
For the last four years, the Canadian-born filmmaker behind Titanic and Avatar has kept a home with his wife Suzy Amis Cameron in Wellington, New Zealand. “I came as a stranger. I knew very little about New Zealand, and I left in love with it. Not just the beauty of the land that is very seductive, but the dynamic spirit of the people,” said Cameron, who first visited the country in the mid-90s.
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To create the video, Cameron and his wife traveled to the natural landscapes of New Zealand’s South Island. “When you see something you've never seen before, it’s a wonderful experience. It’s like a living painting; it’s never the same view two days in a row,” he said of that first journey.
In the video, Cameron explored the country’s highest mountain, Aoraki, the Mount Cook National Park, Tasman Glacier with its ice caves and explorable lake, the turquoise Lake Pukaki, Glenorchy - dubbed one of the world’s top eight scenic drives - and farming valley Paradise, which was featured in The Lord of The Rings. (kes)
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