In light of the serious sexual allegations against the company, the New Zealand Taxpayers' Union is calling on the Government to halt its funding until Weta Digital — owned by New Zealand's largest corporate welfare recipient, Sir Peter Jackson — is independently investigated.

Responding to the One News reporting, Taxpayers' Union spokesman Jordan Williams says, "These allegations of 'porn Fridays' and wide-scale pornography distribution lists are simply unbelievable. The Prime Minister's own portfolio entities should not be channelling taxpayer money into a company that appears to be breaching workplace safety regulations and regularly making female staff deeply uncomfortable."

"Despite receiving more than $40,000,000 annually in Government hand-outs, Peter Jackson hasn't even fronted on this. It's a disgrace. Taxpayers shouldn't be paying for Hollywood blockbusters at all, but they'd horrified to learn they're bankrolling Sir Peter Jackson and he’s not stopping the sleaze."

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