NZealand PM, Hollywood execs fail to break Hobbit deadlock
October 25, 2010
But the location for'' The Hobbit'' has been in doubt since the actors' union NZ Equity last month called for a global boycott after Jackson rejected demands to negotiate with...

Hobbit films poised to leave New Zealand: director
October 20, 2010
and the actors' union NZ Equity, which last month persuaded its international counterparts to boycott the production. Jackson said that the unions recently lifted the ban, but...

Hobbit row' threatens' NZealand film industry
October 16, 2010
New Zealand's Council of Trade Unions says the refusal to talk to NZ Equity is'' absurd'', arguing that when the Hollywood glamour is stripped away, it is an everyday case of...