Where was The Piano filmed?

1993 film directed by Jane Campion

The Piano (1993) was filmed in Auckland, North Island, Bay of Islands, Karekare, Matakana and Awakino, 6 places named in its Wikipedia article's Production section, in New Zealand. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as New Zealand. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

See them on the map → Wikipedia Source data

Places per Wikipedia's Production section

Wikipedia’s Production section names 6 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

1 place whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Karekare New Zealand

  “The beach was used in the film The Piano, which included scenes shot at both Karekare and Piha.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Wikidata also records this film as shot in New Zealand, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.

Filming locations that are mapped there: New Zealand

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Set in the same places

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