The New Zealand Film Commission is allocating $800,000 towards a documentary on the ‘leadership’ of former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, amidst the context of ‘rising violent extremism’ and online hate in New Zealand.
According to a report in State news outlet RNZ, the documentary is not authorised by Ardern and involves no editorial input from her. It aims to document an important era in the country’s history rather than serve as a biopic.
Produced by Emma Slade of Firefly Films, with Pietra Brettkelly and Justin Pemberton as writer-directors, the project looks into Ardern’s leadership period as a backdrop to the developing social issues.
Titled Jacindamania during its presentation at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023, the film, with a total budget of $3.2 million, has attracted local and international investment.
The documentary is set to begin production in 2024, with an anticipated release in August 2025.
The decision to provide taxpayer funds for the project has sparked controversy in various quarters. Critics argue that such a significant sum of public funding could be better spent on a wider range of cultural projects that reflect the diverse fabric of New Zealand society. The prevailing sentiment on social media was also negative, with accusations the grant not only prioritises a political figure over other pressing narratives and voices within the country but also raises questions about the objectivity and breadth of the Commission’s support for the arts.
Others fear it may glorify Ardern’s tenure, which ended in her resignation against a backdrop of significant public dissatisfaction with the way her administration was leading the country.
The funding decision also faced accusations of cronyism, with current NZ Film Commission Chair Alistair Carruthers, also being chair of legacy broadcaster TVNZ, appointed by Labour Minister of Culture and Arts Willie Jackson in July 2022. A condition of the funding is that the project have a broadcaster to screen it. Carruthers is said to have had a close personal relationship with Ardern, and can influence both the funding and broadcasting decisions because of his roles. Calls for Carruthers’ removal from both boards and a reassessment of the Commission’s governance highlights ongoing concerns about corruption and the influence of personal relationships on public funding and project approval processes, a situation described by popular Twitter account @2ETEKA as ‘matey matey’.
A movie about the most vile fucking thing to ever happen to NZ.
It still amazes me how fucking retarded people are.https://t.co/rKeoPkee7j— The Real Joker (@EvilArthurFleck) March 8, 2024
💥What buffoonery is this❓️
Who wants their hard earned tax payer dollars used to create a woke doco 🎦on @jacindaardern from @nzlabour who delivered six years of misery❓️$800,000💰 buys
4 new ambulances
5 trained guide dogs
Employees 7 nurses
26 hip replacements… pic.twitter.com/jRKKASgKgg— The Consultant (@TheConsultant18) March 9, 2024
NZ Film Commission confirms status as taxpayer funded leftie love-in
The Film Commission is not ‘reading the room’ with its ridiculous decision to pile in $800k of taxpayer money into a hero worship film about Dame Jacinda Ardern says the Taxpayers’ Union. The Union’s film…— New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union (@TaxpayersUnion) March 8, 2024
Corruption NZ style: The Board and the Chair at the NZ Film Commission.
Alistair Carruthers (8 in pic below) was appointed by Labours Minister of Culture and Arts as the Chair of the Commission on 6th July 2022. Exactly a year later Willie Jackson made him the Chair of TVNZ.… pic.twitter.com/e0PsS5rcHq
— Holyhekatuiteka (@2ETEKA) March 9, 2024
It should be funding a barrister to take her to the ICC.
Yes, and Hipkins too.
Don’t forget Sir Ashley Bloomfield
You could throw all our paid off govt shill so called experts in there too
And the MSM
The people who kept the ball rolling
I’m just here for the comments 😆 🍿
Disgraceful decision
I take issue with the $800k of taxpayer funds being spent for this purpose. Respectfully, Jacinda resigned and moved to America to pursue her personal aspirations. At the time she ‘had nothing left in the tank’ to give to the PM role. She has made her choice and we have wished her well and have moved on.
This is the type of scenario that warrants an immediate cancel of funding and reallocation to desperately needed Medical equipment or even maybe the Pharmaceutical budget?
Oh yes, a decent film on the way at last, we’ll be camping outside the theatre in anticipation.!
😷🤕🤧🤒🤮😠
Yarp, me too.
Hopefully they’ll set up a jab clinic outside the cinema.
I badly need another booster.
Lets fund it but re name it “Jacindeception”
“Only Fools and Horses” sums up the labour and Cindy years well
Emma Slade of Firefly Films, with Pietra Brettkelly and Justin Pemberton should be b***** at the stake and posted online for all to watch with glee
Strip her of the dame hood !!!!
Disgusting waste of taxpayer money while people are struggling with the cost of living. Pull the funding immediately. 😡
‘yip yip, that’s what it is’…..
That was probably the most utterly chilling moment in New Zealand history right there.
In the past, tyranny was an unhinged dictator screaming from a balcony to the rapturous applause of his bloodthirsty armies. Nowadays it’s an anorexic woman having a casual chuckle about making you and your children starve to death (because she loves you and cares about your health).
Kindness
Compassion
Totalitarianism
I remember the chuckle whilst she said it.
And Chris Hipkins wanting to hunt down the unvaccinated.
From communist schoolgirl to the gallows.
I like the end part where she pays for her treason.
Emma Slade of Firefly Films, with Pietra Brettkelly and Justin Pemberton will be recognized now much wider in NZ for their association with the ‘socialist’ mafia. These creatures are public enemies. Such used to be tared and feathered- at least.
“It’s a Long Way to the Top if You Wanna Rort and Con.” I’d donate a dolla to a funeral or two.
None of the well-paid Covid conspirators will face treason.
Why?
Because, just like the U.S., N.Z. is a Crown Corporation. A Corporation does not have the power to charge persons of treason; only government and lawfare can do that!!
Besides, the death penalty was abolished both by U.N. Charter (which N.Z. signed on to…) amd revision to the N.Z. codes and statutes.
Hence, no one will be accountable, and they will then find other methods to destroy N.Z. (via the WEF, WHO, NWO) while being paid millions of dollars to do so!
“The death penalty was abolished…”
In hindsight, we now have a pretty good idea WHY
Helen Clarke, see the planning that has gone into this ,years and years
F***ing disgraceful……
At a time when roads, public health, the arts’ community and so much more is in desperate need of funding, it is astounding that anyone would even dare to whisper such a proposal to squander public money. In which rabbit hole so they reside? Time to bring in the hounds.
Ooh a fake news Jabcinda puff piece sponsored by the NZ tax payer.
How believable. Not.
I’m looking forward to it for a good laugh.
Saint Jacinda of Aotearoa.
Imagine being one of the poor indoctrinated communist saps that actually work on producing this this piece of garbage.
Sad.
Take some eggs with you – if you can afford them…..
Happily, I think I can currently afford 719 rotten eggs.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
Can’t wait.
Hopefully they’ll call it ‘Jacinda’s Single Source of Truth’ or ‘Jacinda’s Reign of Terror’ or “Safe and Effective’
They won’t obviously.
Looks like that empty tank has just been filled up by the taxpayer.
Brilliant. An evil communist cluster f*** turned into an evil propagandistic puff piece video.
Imagine being retarded enough to actually watch this evil boll*x.
Mind boggling.
The Life and Deceptions of Comrade Jacinda.
Sounds like a hoot.
Just plain evil.
The Life and Crimes of Comrade Jacinda.
Sounds great.
I’m sure all the people who have been vaccine damaged or affected in a multitude of adverse ways
Who have and are still suffering from ‘long-covid’
Or who have lost family members
Their jobs
Business’s destroyed
Will strenuously enjoy this state induced and funded psyop propaganda production
All part of the crime scene cleanup
Sanitized and made woke safe for sheeple consumption
Ignorance can be cured
Stupidity is inherent and cannot
Obviously time to cut film commission funding
We need to get rid of MMP
And Maori seats
Which like covid everybody was duped into accepting and believing
Which is just another facet of communist takeover and control
Like Britain is now starting to discover with Brexit
A double whammy
Sickening corruption once again.
My stomach turned when I saw this bs and then her face, just cleaning up the bile. How often has this commission done this – disband the film commission. Not the first time they have given money to liars and murderers!
Absolutely
Cut the umbilical
Their funding