Film

Should the government change labour laws to keep The Hobbit in New Zealand? With Paul Roth - Employment law specialist at Otago University. Audio

With the Hobbit saga continuing we attempt to get some actual facts into the discussion. We hear from Robyn Malcolm of the NZ Actors Equity, expat NZ actor and agent Holly Shanahan and crew members… Audio

Dave Brown gives us a technician's and crew perspective on the unfolding drama. Audio

Council of Trade Unions President Helen Kelly, who's been involved in the complex negotiations on the film production, gives Nine to Noon her perspective. Audio

Co-producers and co-writers of the latest Tolkien movie production The Hobbit, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens join Nine to Noon to elucidate their perspective on the latest turns in the Middle Earth… Audio

Greg Ellis, Wellington actor - not a member of an actors union; Graham Dunster, veteran actors agent and head of Auckland Actors agency. Audio

It's 'crunch-time' for the Hobbit. Audio

Co-writer and co-producer on The Hobbit movie speaks out about the fiasco currently embroiling the production. Audio

The people of the Chatham Islands may soon be rubbing shoulders with Hollywood A-listers. Audio

In 1928 Universal studios visited New Zealand to film what they pitched as a "Maori folk drama" Under the Southern Cross. In 2009 The New Zealand Film Archive commissioned Wellington musicians Warren… Audio

Filmmaker Stephen Kijak is known to music fans as the director of the 2007 documentary, 'Scott Walker: 30 Century Man'. His 2010 music project documents the recording of The Rolling Stones' 1972 album… Audio

Director Guillermo Del Toro has quit as director of The Hobbit movies. The Mexican filmmaker has been working with Sir Peter Jackson to bring the two Lord of the Rings Prequels to the screen. Audio

British stage and screen actor (Gandalf in Lord of the Rings), currently on tour with a production of Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot, visiting NZ in June and July. Audio

The New Zealand film director Peter Jackson became a Sir this morning, receiving his knighthood from the Governor-General, Sir Anand Satyanand. Audio

An extended interview with Philippa Boyens, an integral member of the trio of filmmakers who put New Zealand on the map with the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. Philippa talks about the… Audio

British playwright (Plenty, Knuckle, Pravda, Stuff Happens), screenwriter (The Hours, The Reader), and theatre and film director. Audio

Formerly known as Zowie Bowie, Duncan Jones is the son of glam rocker David Bowie. He's stepping out of his father's shadow and earning his own acclaim as a film maker. His low budget science fiction… Audio

Hollywood director Guillermo del Toro is in Wellington to direct"The Hobbit". He joined us to talk about his life and career. Audio

A year later, we talk Shelley Huang about her self-funded documentary on the Sichuan Earthquake in China. Audio

Simon Morris asks Sam about his new film Dean Spanley. Audio