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Weta Workshop makes film props in Wellington

Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger founded it in 1987

Weta Workshop was founded in 1987 in Wellington, New Zealand, by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger. It made props, armour and creatures for The Lord of the Rings, and has since worked on films around the world while also making collectibles and running public tours.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger founded it in 1987. The figure is taken from Weta Workshop, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 1,090 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.