New Zealand may have been dubbed the Land of the Long White Cloud by the Maori people, but for many it's now the land of the short stubby hobbit. The country's fantastic landscapes are famously ...

It’s a discombobulating experience, after a “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that was built, down to every frame and hobbit hair, for the big screen, to see ...

Aerial film experts for New Zealand. Glacier Southern Lakes Helicopters fly a 3D HD camera for Peter Jackson's LOTR & Hobbit movies. Explore Mt Earnslaw on our Lord of the Rings & Glacier Explorer ...

“It’s entertaining and I hope that the audience go on the journey that Claire goes on and into a land of extreme beliefs ... been shown in its native New Zealand, where it’s received a ...

In the years since the pandemic lockdowns forced us to find new and interesting ... if you added in the Hobbit movies and Rings of Power? That sounds like a challenge, actually. You might not be able ...

is planning new live-action movies including The Hunt for Gollem, with Andy Serkis directing and reprising his role as the title creature. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies may not be a ...

Located roughly 110 miles southeast of Auckland on a working sheep farm, the Hobbiton Movie Set is a must for fans of "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit ... of their New Zealand vacations.

A Kiwi once told me that “Queenstown is for tourists, and Wanaka is for travelers.” Visit this quaint, quiet lakeside enclave ...

Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and cultural rights of Indigenous New Zealanders.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brandon Chia, 31, a nurse in the South Island of New Zealand. Chia moved from Singapore to New Zealand in 2022. The following has been edited ...

A fight for Maori rights drew 42,000 protesters to the New Zealand Parliament in the capital Wellington on Tuesday. A nine-day-long hikoi, or peaceful march – a tradition of the Maori – was ...

WELLINGTON, New ... tribal land was confiscated and Māori were disadvantaged in many metrics. Prompted by a surging Māori protest movement, for the past 50 years the courts of New Zealand ...