An 11-year-old watches New Zealand's defining film for the first time.

When the Lord of the Rings star wore its t-shirt on the red carpet, a cult NZ streetwear label suddenly became a household name.

Twenty years ago Peter Jackson brought Hollywood to Aotearoa — and we’re still shelling out mega bucks to keep it here. Is it worth it?

A Lord of the Rings movie trilogy remake is probably going to happen. Let's give the casting agents some ideas.

Yes, it’s been a full 20 years since Aotearoa became permanently entwined with elves, dwarves and cave trolls.

After news that the Lord of the Rings series is relocating to the UK, Oli Lewis checked in on Wellington Airport's enormous Middle-earth ephemera. 

Ten years before our Fellowship of the Ring, there was another. Who did it best?

Middle Earth has been clinging to Aotearoa for nearly 20 years. It's time to push the two apart.

Are you sick of that moment towards the end of a film when you realise that not a single woman has spoken to another woman the whole time? Turns out you can test for that. 

Over the weekend, McKellen resurfaced the extensive blog he produced while filming Lord of the Rings. Behold, the most wholesome highlights.

The announcement that Peter Jackson’s latest project is a Beatles documentary is proof the decorated director has finally gone too far.

A noble, stupid quest.

As a film location scout, Dave Comer is credited with finding many of the spectacular locations for Lord of the Rings. His widow Peta Carey describes her book on his photographs.