Comment by Cameron Brewer on Taylor Swift’s music video filmed on Bethells Beach – 1 January 2016:
The imagery of Bethells is absolutely breath taking and is now being admired by hundreds of millions of people around the world.
Auckland Council should roll out the carpet for mega stars like Taylor Swift, not sit there and count the cars, cry foul, and effectively insult the woman. She may have breached her permit by having a few more vehicles but lets not forget the best form of environmental conservation is global exposure. Just ask David Attenborough.
Auckland Council has spent thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of ratepayer dollars coming up with a supposedly film friendly policy, and just when we get the worlds biggest music star filming at Bethells Beach, she’s publicly humiliated.
No dotterels’ were ever harmed. This is the best global coverage for our west coast beaches since Dame Jane Campion’s The Piano movie nearly 25 years ago.
Taylor Swift deserves a huge thank you for doing Auckland proud while others now probably need to eat some humble pie.