Hobbit director Sir Peter Jackson stars in the latest Air New Zealand inflight safety video - An Unexpected Briefing.

Air New Zealand have developed a new way to get their passengers there and back again with this Hobbit-inspired Middle Earth in-flight safety video. Air NZ partnered with WETA Workshop and features cameo appearances including Sir Peter Jackson.

Greg Dixon finds, that the little book that helped spawn an industry might not have seen the light of day.

A huge Weta Workshop sculpture of Hobbit character Gollum has been unveiled at Wellington Airport ahead of the world premiere of the first film in the trilogy next month. The 13 metre long, 3m high sculpture is suspended from the ceiling of the main terminal.

The stars were out for the premiere of "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Thursday Dec. 6, 2012 in New York.

Peter Jackson has unveiled new footage from The Hobbit and plenty of behind-the-scenes material in his latest production video diary. The eighth video in Jackson's Facebook and YouTube video series was first unveiled at the recent Comic-Con in San Diego, and shows new scenes from the first of Jackson's highly anticipated two films, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. The video, which covers the last five days of principal shooting, also shows Jackson's team making farewell speeches and saying their goodbyes on their final day together.

The world premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will take place in the New Zealand capital of Wellington later this year. Kiwi Prime Minister John Key says the making of two films by Sir Peter Jackson about the adventures of hobbit Bilbo Baggins - before the event of the Lord of the Rings movies - has provided phenomenal global promotion for the country.