Film & Television

Tolkien fans fascinated by the world Peter Jackson captured on film during his Lord of the Rings trilogy continue to travel New Zealand searching for the real Middle Earth.

The search is on for locations for Peter Jackson's new movie epic, The Hobbit.

Written and directed by New Zealander Roger Donaldson, and starring Oscar-winning Sir Anthony Hopkins, it seems New Zealand is taking the world's centre-screen again.

Across a long, white sweep of sand in southern New Zealand the world's fastest Indian roars by with Hollywood cameras hot in pursuit.

'No matter where I am in the world, the East Coast of Aotearoa will always be my home. It's like the magnetic lodestone that keeps pulling me back to our island fortress at the bottom of the South Pacific,' Witi Ihimaera says.

Auckland's temperate coastal climate makes the great outdoors accessible all year round. Art and landscape combine at various gardens and events across the region, providing art lovers plenty of opportunities to enjoy art in the outdoors.

New Zealand is once again being showcased on the big screen by Peter Jackson in his latest film, King Kong.

Narnia was created in the early 1950s by English author CS Lewis as the mythical land for his books "The Chronicles of Narnia". Loved by children of all ages, this world of fauns, satyrs and centaurs will soon become real, and you won't need a wardrobe to find it.

A band of larger-than-life characters are emerging from remote corners of New Zealand to make their mark on the world stage in 2005.

New Zealand director Andrew Adamson is showcasing his home country to the world through one of his favourite childhood novels.