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Up to $34 million in tax breaks and help with marketing costs and an urgent change to labour laws are the price of keeping The Hobbit in New Zealand.

A deal between Warner Bros executives and Government ministers was confirmed last night after two days of negotiations.

The announcement was widely applauded - except by the Green Party, which called the plan for a law change "outrageous".

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Has the Govt paid too high a price to keep The Hobbit in NZ? Here is the latest selection of Your Views:

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2. Graham says
   "Once the Government changes legislation at the beck and call of any conglomerate we are finished as a democratic first world country."
3. Ethan says
   "I think they should allow child labour, and remove all restrictions on working hours, and minimum pay just so that we can have the film shot here. In future we should do the same for any overseas company wanting to invest here."
4. Dave says
   "The Hobbit was always going to be filmed in NZ, this was a massive beat up/PR exercise and NZer's fell for it. We are now $30m poorer."
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