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

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.

Production of The Hobbit films moving offshore has raised the ire of many Herald readers. We asked where the blame should lie.

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.

At least 15,000 workers from Kaitaia to Bluff attended stop work rallies this in protest against Government 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 of workers to protest proposed new laws in 28 towns from Kaitaia to Bluff today.

You've been hacked. What do you do? Who do you call?

Fijians with life-threatening heart conditions are to receive free treatment this week thanks to a mercy mission by 40 NZ health professionals.

Australia's biggest sexual harassment claim has been settled out of court for A$850,000.

Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman maintains he is unaware of any golden handshake to Paul Henry and says it would be "inappropriate" to find out.

The Henry situation is interesting from an employment law perspective for two main reasons.

It doesn't have to be wacky, but a bit of fun at work is therapeutic for staff, and for the business.

Forget agonising over what to do - there's more luck to success or failure than we'd like to admit.