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Emails undermine studio's claims about <i>Hobbit</i> strikes

Warner Bros and actors' unions were ready to bury the hatchet at the beginning of this week, a series of emails shows.

<i>Hobbit</i> dispute sparks RWC fears

Bosses are calling for a guarantee the industrial disputes threatening to derail <i>The Hobbit</i> won't be repeated in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

Hobbit studio confirms it is looking abroad for filming locations

Warner Brothers have confirmed that they are considering alternative locations in which to film the two <i>Hobbit</i> films.

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Govt eyes extra Hobbit tax breaks

The Government is leaving the door open to more tax incentives to keep the shooting of <i>The Hobbit</i> films in New Zealand.

<i>Hobbit</i> can be saved for NZ - Key

Prime Minister John Key thinks The Hobbit movies can be saved and he is going to do his best to achieve that when Warner Brothers executives arrive next week.

Actors' Equity <Hobbit> meeting in Auckland cancelled

An Actors' Equity meeting to be held in Auckland tonight has been canned over fears technicians and other workers in the film would picket.

<i>Outrageous</i> star in <i>Hobbit</i> fracas

Robyn Malcolm had to be escorted by police from an inner city Wellington restaurant last night after being threatened by technical workers worried the <i>Hobbit</i> won't be made in NZ.

NZ actors 'feeling misrepresented' by union

A filmmaker and actor who worked on LOTR and Avatar says union demands to standardise pay rates could cripple dozens of NZ films.

Motat impasse resolved

<i>Editorial</i>: Health a case for mandatory arbitration

Strikers bending law, say hospitals

Hobbit films in 'peril', says Weta chief

Two Hobbit films, expected to cost about $669m to make, are in danger of being moved away from NZ because of "the actions of a very limited few", says Weta Workshop's Sir Richard Taylor.

Key: Pay hike 'noose around students' necks'

There is no new money to offer teachers a bigger pay increase unless they wanted to burden their students with a future of paying off national debt, says Prime Minister John Key.

DHBs say strikers shared patient info

Thousands rally against new employment laws

At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff attended stop work rallies this in protest against Government workplace changes.

15,000 rally against workplace changes

At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff have attended stop work rallies this afternoon in protest against new employment laws.

Thousands protest against new employment laws

Thousands of workers have gathered in Auckland and Wellington as 28 protests against new employment laws take place around NZ.