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'Very special': Wētā FX takes home Oscar for work on Avatar: Fire and Ash

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Publish Date
Tue, 17 Mar 2026, 9:05am
Eric Saindon, Richard Baneham, Joe Letteri, and Daniel Barrett accept the Visual Effects award for Avatar: Fire and Ash. Photo / Getty Images
Eric Saindon, Richard Baneham, Joe Letteri, and Daniel Barrett accept the Visual Effects award for Avatar: Fire and Ash. Photo / Getty Images

'Very special': Wētā FX takes home Oscar for work on Avatar: Fire and Ash

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 17 Mar 2026, 9:05am

A big Hollywood celebration for the Wētā FX team last night after another Oscar win.  

Wellington's Wētā FX won Best Visual Effects at the Academy Awards in LA yesterday for their work on James Cameron's blockbuster Avatar: Fire and Ash.  

It brings their total Oscar count to eight.  

Head of Visual Effects Matt Aitken told Mike Hosking it's an acknowledgement of the team's dedication.  

He says they thought it was the best work ever done in visual effects, but you never know how it's going to go on the night. 

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