Through the financing and administration of incentive schemes it has been involved in more than 300 feature films including Boy, Goodbye Pork Pie, Heavenly Creatures, The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar, Whale Rider and Mr. Pip.

")[3] Called Escalator, the scheme encourages teams, preferably including "their director, writer, producer and possibly a key crew member" to "submit three different proposals for a low budget ([NZ]$250,000) feature film.

"[1] From those applications, 12 teams are selected to participate in a multi-day "bootcamp" after which they are expected to "prepare a script, production budget, schedule and statement of approach for one of their ideas.

"[1] Peter Jackson praised the proposal for its "speed or process," reminding his readers that "much frustration has resulted from the slow pace at which a project limps through development at the NZFC.

[5] The Commission played a role in bringing Mhairead Connor in as a producer[6] as well as providing Berg and Charlton access to script development assistance from Graeme Tetley as part of their bootcamp experience.

[8] The main classes of records held include: The New Zealand Film Commission is governed by a seven-member board appointed by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage.