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    Gangs of geyserland

    Apr 11, 2021 5 minutes
    by RUSSELL BAILLIE

    It was a story born in Rotorua. It was filmed in Rotorua. Its episodes have shots that positively smell like Rotorua, as that steam drifts past. But a curious thing about Vegas – the crime series with $6 million-plus funding, making it the biggest new local television drama of 2021 – is that in its six episodes there’s one word you’ll never hear: Rotorua.

    Yes, the title of the series might be a reference to the city’s nickname, “RotoVegas”, earned from its status as a tourist town and one-time epicentre of Māori showbiz. But Vegas is set in a place called Wairoto, “the town where things get steamy”, according to the welcome to sign, which also notes it’s “the home of the haunted owls”.

    “We make Rotorua indispensable within the storytelling visually, and yet

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