Taika Waititi raves about 1870s hidden beach in Dunedin

Taika Waititi has revealed he is mad about a little-known hidden beach in the South Island.

Waititi also praised other parts of New Zealand, including Jurassic Park star Sam Neill's contribution to the local wine industry.

"There are so many places that I love in New Zealand: out of Queenstown and up into the valleys where you can go horseriding, Sam Neill's vineyard and Clyde's Two Paddocks vineyards," he said.

"Those areas I really love and are fantastic.

"The bottom of the South Island, Otago, with all the rolling hills looks like those old landscape paintings of New Zealand.

"The light is very specific, it feels like there are two or three suns out all at the same time from different angles. I love the light in New Zealand, in particular in those areas."

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