Peter Jackson buys land in New Zealand to stop urban planning

Peter JacksonThe director of the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy and multiple Oscars, and his partner have bought a plot of land on the New Zealand coast. To protect nature. The initiative seeks to block a controversial urban development plan.

These lands, located Shelley BayThe capital, Wellington, was part of a military base and was targeted by real estate developers They wanted to build 350 apartments, a hotel and a brewery.

This project had a cost 298 million dollarsThe tribe mobilized a two-year occupation of Māori to block the project, dividing the area’s residents.

After years of legal battles, Wellington native Jackson and his partner, screenwriter and producer Fran Walsh, bought the land.

“It’s a wonderful beach area It is of great cultural and historical importanceJackson and Walsh said in a statement.

In the long term, the couple explained, they plan to find ways to use the land “for both art and entertainment.” The cost of the surgery was not disclosed.