Looks like an interesting place...

Have to say "good on ya, Tourism NZ" for at least giving it a go. The interwebtubules are the happening place to spread viral memes and YouTube is one of the biggest site for people to stop by and just vege out at, so why not use it? As Tourism NZ have done by getting themselves on the homepage and their own channel.

Just one small wee problem I forsee... the promo ad is much movie like, especially with the Weta graphics and all, and it's got this announcement track of "this is the youngest country to be inhabited" or some such (which I have my doubts about), but... it's too movie like.

Now, call this an unfair gross over-simplification if you like, but, well... I am wondering how many people won't realise this isn't a movie and think "wow, nice effects, looks like some good action in there, must check it out at the theatre some time" (or rather "download it via torrent"). Yes, this is thinking that a lot of YouTube watchers are incompetent boobs who don't realise that New Zealand is a real country but... um... yeah, I've got my reasons for that...

This does however mean we might be "land that was improbably fished from the sea" rather than "that place with all the sheep"...

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