Avatar 2 allowed 400 locals to get back to work in June, so clearly keeping the movie sector rolling has been important for certain factions of the New Zealand government.
It’s important to Hollywood too, as Covid continues to be a problem in the U.S., movies and TV programs are looking for new places to film.
Thankfully, it seems there won’t be a huge change regarding much with the Avatar production, though protocols are in place for close up sequences including fights or intimacy scenes.