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Co-writer reacts to <i>Hobbit</i> dispute
The Aussie film industry is lobbying for The Hobbit should industrial issues not be resolved in NZ, says the film's co-producer and co-writer.
The Aussie film industry is lobbying for The Hobbit should industrial issues not be resolved in NZ, says the film's co-producer and co-writer.
The Hobbit could be released as early as 2012, according to Hollywood sources.
The furore over The Hobbit is the normal process of a union trying to talk to an employer who is refusing to talk back, says actor and director Ian Mune.
The head of an Auckland actors' agency says he was saddened by an insulting email from the head of South Pacific Pictures reacting to comments he'd made on the Hobbit stand-off.
The actors' union pushing for collective contracts for actors in New Zealand says it is "disappointed" in Sir Peter Jackson's refusal to negotiate terms and conditions for Hobbit actors.
The Council of Trade Unions (CTU) is fuming at the Government for siding with Sir Peter Jackson's stance on the union dispute surrounding The Hobbit movies.
The suspension of 15 striking laboratory workers in the North Island this morning was an attempt to intimidate them, their union says.
90 days is currently the magic number.
Columnist Kerre Woodham finds herself in two minds about the teachers' strike.
It might be New Zealand's showcase fashion event but overseas models are earning the big dollars.
Stalled negotiations between teachers and the Ministry of Education may even see students told to stay at home.
Striking teachers around the country took their protests to the street today.
More than 2000 secondary teachers have marched down Auckland's Queen St to rally for better pay today.