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The NZ locations Hollywood is about to make world famous
A wave of productions filming here has seen our scenery shine on the big screen.
Latest from The Hobbit
Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
A course to rule them all: Hobbiton Halfling Marathon to be a sellout
Participants will get to see some locations never-before accessed by the general public.
Bagshot Row opens its doors
“You shall not pass” beyond the doors of the hobbit holes at the Hobbiton Movie Set - until now as iconic hobbit holes are finally open to the public. Video / Carson Bluck
Unauthorised concerts: Lord of the Rings composer's warning to fans
Star Entertainment GmbH is putting on a concert next month at Auckland Town Hall.
Watch: Live like a Hobbit for $10 a night
On December 14, people are invited to register for a chance to win one of just three overnight stays in Hobbiton. Video / NZ Herald
Film costume and prop studio in Paraparaumu excelling
"We have quite a wide variety of work," says Paraparaumu design company.
The $5 million PR bonanza: How NZ wooed TV star Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert's love of The Lord of the Rings helped secure public relations scoop.
Weta Workshop staffer claims she was dismissed after sexual harassment complaint
She said after a male staffer touched her bottom she was left in a 'state of panic'.
Americans - and the PM - react to Stephen Colbert's New Zealand Week
What did Americans think of Stephen Colbert's quest to become The Newest Zealander?
Darts legend wants to check out Hobbiton
Raymond van Barneveld wants "precious" memories from final trip to NZ as fulltime pro.
Actor Dean O'Gorman introduces baby girl to the world
Actor introduces two-week-old baby girl into the world
How NZ taxpayers forked out $575 million for Hollywood
This summer we look back at the big stories of the year. This is from June.
National MP: Party 'dodged bullet' when Winston chose Labour
Chris Finlayson says National dodged a bullet when Winston Peters chose Labour.
Hawke's Bay lad a part of Oscar win
Waipawa-born Paul Story was last night celebrating Weta's Best Visual Effects Academy Award
LOTR jewellery targeted in burglary
Burglars help thems-elves in Lord of the Rings jeweller break-in.
We're still 'Middle Earth' after 15 years
Leveraging Middle Earth has boosted tourism to New Zealand during the past 15 years and will continue in the future, says Tourism New Zealand.
Tourism wants more of GST windfall
New Zealand has reaped $14.5 billion from overseas visitors and a tourism group wants the government to reinvest more of the tax they pay.
The 10 'deadliest' films ever made revealed
A new study has found which films have the most on-screen casualties - and it's pretty grim.
How Hobbit star became Kirk Douglas
Dean O'Gorman has gone from a dwarf in The Hobbit to playing Hollywood giant Kirk Douglas in Trumbo.
NZ taxpayer spending on the Hobbit 'extreme'
Green Party says the real winner of Government's decision to subsidise filming of Hobbit was US movie studio.
Jackson's touching tribute
Sir Peter Jackson has paid a touching personal tribute to Andrew Lesnie, the Oscar-winning cinematographer who was behind the camera on eight of his films.
Hobbit films put Tolkien fans off
Die-hard fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's novels have been turned off by Peter Jackson's three-part film adaptation of The Hobbit, according to Kiwi researchers trawling through responses from viewers.