As you arrive at the international airport in the city of Wellington, New Zealand, visitors are greeted with a 14-foot-long animatronic dragon’s head, Smaug, from The Hobbit trilogy. It’s no secret that the global movie industry has provided significant economic growth in this compact city, but in turn, this has had the unintended consequences of creating a thriving tech and media cluster writes Adam Bennett Trade Commissioner for New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, West Coast, USA.