🏙 Towns & cities
Taupō
town in New Zealand's North Island
🇳🇿 New Zealand · -38.6900, 176.0800
Taupō is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia article of 1 production — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.
1 production was filmed at 1 place inside Taupō rather than at Taupō itself — listed below, each with the place it was shot.
“Live-action filming locations included Bay of Plenty, Taupō and Wellington, while CGI was done at Stone Street Studios.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Taupō as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Movies filmed elsewhere in Taupō
1 production shot at 1 place inside Taupō, each named beside it. Separate from the list above, which is what Wikidata records against Taupō itself.
- Hunt for the Wilderpeople North Island Volcanic Plateau per Wikipedia 2016
Filming locations nearby
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
North Island
🇳🇿 New Zealand
more northern, and smaller, of the two main islands of New Zealand
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Aratiatia Power Station
🇳🇿 New Zealand
hydroelectric power station in New Zealand
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🏙 Towns & cities
Whakamaru
🇳🇿 New Zealand
locality in New Zealand
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
North Island Volcanic Plateau
🇳🇿 New Zealand
mountain range
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Taupō?
2 productions are recorded as filmed in Taupō, 1 of them at places inside it, including Pete's Dragon (2016). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Taupō?
Pete's Dragon (2016), covered by 33 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Taupō?
Taupō is in New Zealand, at -38.6900, 176.0800.
What other filming locations are near Taupō?
North Island, Aratiatia Power Station, Whakamaru and North Island Volcanic Plateau, 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 Phillip Capper from Wellington, New Zealand, CC BY 2.0.