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Dominic Kane reports on all the New Zealand craziness behind The Hobbit recently. However this video report features...

My name is Ray from Wellington, New Zealand! I was at the Wellington Rally for The Hobbit today....

NZ Prime Minister John Key was on Newstalk ZB this morning and said the following: “I have spoken...

Thousands of New Zealanders have taken part in protests against possible plans to make the adaptations of J.R.R....

Ataahua sends this along: Kiwi cartoonist Tom Scott comments on the ‘Save the Hobbit’ rallies

Hollywood studio bosses go into talks tomorrow in Wellington with a loud and clear message that The Hobbit...

TVNZ‘s Paul Holmes interviews President of the Combined Trade Unions Helen Kelly and managing director of South Pacific...

Thanks to Hunter Abbey for sending in this video of the Wellington Rally of Hope!

It's a serious topic for the hundreds of film and tourism workers among the 2000-strong crowd, but Wellington's Save the Hobbit rally had a terrific positive energy. The party atmosphere was helped by the music - Wellington bands like Fly My Pretties (I think!), Poi E! from the movie Boy, and when the time came to concentrate our attention on the subject at hand, a beautiful rendition of Pokarekareana.

Photographer Robert Catto sent us a link to his collection of excellent photographs of Wellington’s “Hobbit,” rally. There...

Markus writers: Hey guys – I just came back from the rally in Wellington. I estimate about a...

The Noldor blog reports from the pro-Hobbit rally in Civic Square in Wellington, reporting that it was attended...

Owain sends in an article from the New Zealand Herald: In a statement read at “Keep The Hobbit...

Cad Monkey writes: Just a quick review of the rally that’s just finished in Auckland. A slightly disappointing...

Since word got out that the two-part “Hobbit” film might leave the island nation of New Zealand, fans...