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National MP: Party 'dodged bullet' when Winston chose Labour
Chris Finlayson says National dodged a bullet when Winston Peters chose Labour.
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Hawke's Bay lad a part of Oscar win
Waipawa-born Paul Story was last night celebrating Weta's Best Visual Effects Academy Award
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LOTR jewellery targeted in burglary
Burglars help thems-elves in Lord of the Rings jeweller break-in.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Middle-earth museum on the cards?
New Zealand already has Hobbiton but Gandalf actor Ian McKellen doesn't think it should end there.
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LOTR mythology explained in one short video
Anyone who wants to see Peter Jackson’s final Hobbit movie, The Battle of the Five Armies but reckons they’ll give it a miss because it’s all just too confusing – think again.
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The Hobbit: Definitive review
And so it ends, with a hiss and a roar. Actually, many hisses and many roars - those from that dragon from the previous instalment going down in flames at the beginning.
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Dominic Corry: Getting nerdy with Peter Jackson
Dominic Corry gets nerdy talking to director Peter Jackson about his final Hobbit film.
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Jackson gets Hollywood star
Peter Jackson has realised a 40-year-old dream by receiving his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame - and he's scored some prime real estate.
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Hobbit star stole from set
Actress Evangeline Lilly pocketed a precious rune stone from the set of The Hobbit and told director Peter Jackson she had lost it on a beach.
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Actors reflect on Middle-earth movies
The acting veterans of Middle-earth remember and reflect with Des Sampson about their time on the trilogies.