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At home in the antipodes

that the man who moved to Europe based on “the romantic idea of living there” ended up running a food-and-wine tour company out of Madrid. Wellington-born James Blick grew up in Auckland. He initially worked as a lawyer before following in his family’s footsteps by joining the film industry. Blick says film was simply “in the blood” – his and his brother is a producer.

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