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FILE - In this Jan. 20, 2012 file photo, Peter Jackson is interviewed at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Jackson's movie trilogy "The Hobbit" has so far cost nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars to make as the epic continues to set new benchmarks for studio spending. Financial documents filed this month in New Zealand, where the films are being made, show production costs through March had reached 934 million New Zealand dollars ($745 million)(AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Cost of making ‘Hobbit’ movies up to $745 million

Nick Perry · October 21, 2014 4:49 am

New Zealand dollar sinks after central bank sells

New Zealand dollar sinks after central bank sells

Nick Perry · September 29, 2014 6:26 am

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key waves as he makes a speech after winning the national election in Auckland, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Key won an emphatic victory in New Zealand's general election to return for a third term in office, a result that will be seen as an endorsement of the way Key's National Party has handled the economy. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Mark Mitchell) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

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New Zealand prime minister wins 3rd term in office

Nick Perry · September 20, 2014 1:29 pm

In this Sept. 8, 2014 photo, election billboards line a road in Kaitaia, New Zealand. New Zealand has more restrictive campaigning and media rules than most developed nations and when voters go to the polls Saturday, Sept. 20, there will be almost nothing about the election on television or in the newspapers. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Petrina Hodgson) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUT

New Zealand’s election-day gag: no public politics

Nick Perry · September 19, 2014 9:27 am

Fiji's military ruler Voreqe Bainimarama, left, casts his vote in a national election in Suva, Fiji, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. Thousands of Fijians got their first chance to vote in eight years in an election that promises to finally restore democracy to the South Pacific nation of 900,000. (AP Photo/Pita Ligaiula)

Fijians go to polls after 8 years of military rule

Nick Perry · September 17, 2014 5:27 am

In this Dec. 2013 photo provided by a crew member of the boat San Aspring of New Zealand's fishing company Sanford, captain John Bennett shows a colossal squid he and and his crew caught on the boat in the Ross Sea, Antarctica. It was a calm morning in Antarcticaâs remote Ross Sea, during the season when the sun never sets, when Capt. John Bennett and his crew hauled up a creature with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from a mile below the surface. (AP Photo/San Aspring crew of Sanford fishing company) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Scientists’ colossal squid exam a kraken good show

Nick Perry · September 17, 2014 2:50 am

In this Monday, Aug. 4, 2014 photo, indicted Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom speaks at a political rally, in Wellington, New Zealand. The Internet Mana Party that Dotcom is funding appears likely to win two or three seats in New Zealand's Parliament when the nation goes to the polls Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

Kim Dotcom’s party poised to win New Zealand seats

Nick Perry · September 15, 2014 12:54 pm

In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Jonathan Curr poses for a photograph at a unknown location in New Zealand. A diplomatic row flared Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, between Israel and New Zealand after officials from the South Pacific nation said their new ambassador, Curr, was rejected by Israel because he's also an envoy to the Palestinian Authority. (AP Photo/New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)

Israel rejects New Zealand’s new ambassador

Nick Perry · September 8, 2014 10:44 am

In this undated photo provided by New Zealand Police, John Henry Tully, 48, poses for a photo. A manhunt for Tully is underway Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, after police said a gunman killed two people and injured a third at an unemployment office before escaping on a bicycle in Ashburton, New Zealand. According to police, a man entered a Work and Income New Zealand office and started shooting. (AP Photo/New Zealand Police)

New Zealand gunman kills 2; suspect faces charges

Nick Perry · September 1, 2014 11:24 pm

New Zealand justice minister resigns amid scandal

New Zealand justice minister resigns amid scandal

Nick Perry · August 30, 2014 4:27 am

Air New Zealand’s annual profit up 45 percent

Air New Zealand’s annual profit up 45 percent

Nick Perry · August 27, 2014 3:58 am

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters points his finger as he speaks during the New Zealand First Party campaign launch held at the Kelston Community Hall in west Auckland, New Zealand Aug. 10, 2014. During the launch, Peters lit into the government for allowing farms to be sold to foreign buyers, including those from China. He made a racially charged joke: âAs they say in Beijing, two Wongs donât make a white.â (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald/Dean Purcell)**New Zealand Out Australia Out**

Racism mars New Zealand election campaign

Nick Perry · August 14, 2014 6:41 am