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Rotorua
city in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
🇳🇿 New Zealand · -38.1378, 176.2514
Rotorua is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Rotorua, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“Shooting took place in and around Wellington and Rotorua, before transferring to Tapanui, where the old Blue Mountain Lumber mill was used as the mill in the film, and the main street became Millhaven for two weeks.”
Movies filmed in Rotorua
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Rotorua as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
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Kannappa
“In New Zealand, the film was shot in various locations across Auckland, Rotorua, Glenorchy, Wānaka, Pukaki, and Christchurch.” Wikipedia
- The Mutiny of the Bounty 1916
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Rotorua?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Rotorua, including Pete's Dragon (2016), Kannappa and The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Rotorua?
Pete's Dragon (2016), covered by 33 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Rotorua?
Rotorua is in New Zealand, at -38.1378, 176.2514.
What other filming locations are near Rotorua?
Whakamaru, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.