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• Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy becomes most expensive film production ever

  22 Oct 2014: According to financial documents published in New Zealand, the trilogy of films telling Tolkein’s classic fantasy tale have reached a cost of over £460m – with the final few months of spending still not included

• Kim Dotcom must reveal his wealth to Hollywood studios

  20 Oct 2014: Internet entrepreneur loses bid to keep assets secret from studios suing him in US for alleged copyright breaches
  

• Venezuela elected to UN security council

  16 Oct 2014: Angola, Malaysia and New Zealand also successful, and Turkey and Spain face new round of voting for last available seat

• Five ways UK civil service can help parties prepare for coalition

  Guardian Professional, 14 Oct 2014: Marcus Hobley: Lessons for Whitehall on handling hung parliaments from five countries where coalition governments are the norm

• Island nations shouldn't be left to drown from climate change

  14 Oct 2014: Johannes Luetz: Rising sea levels will have dire consequences for island nations unless Australia and other countries take action

• The US can learn a lot from New Zealand on how to embrace indigenous cultures

  13 Oct 2014: Can you imagine NBA players performing a Native American grass dance in an act of team solidarity and national unity? In New Zealand, no one bats an eye

• New Zealand PM considers new laws to detain potential Isis recruits

  11 Oct 2014: John Key says the government will look at legal changes to enable police to arrest someone if they intended to travel to Iraq or Syria to fight with Islamic State

• Kim Dotcom fights to keep his fortune secret in Hollywood copyright battle

  9 Oct 2014: Megaupload founder trying to overturn order in New Zealand to disclose his worldwide financial assets

• NZ capital won't be moved despite Wellington fault line discovery, says PM

  8 Oct 2014: Fault line under Wellington can generate earthquakes of 6.5 magnitude, but prime minister says talk of moving is ‘fanciful’

• Hillsong leader's father ‘still preached after suspension for sex abuse'

  8 Oct 2014: A week after Hillsong pastor Brian Houston said he would sack his father, Frank Houston was seen preaching, sex abuse inquiry hears

• Royal visit to Australia cost nearly half a million dollars

  8 Oct 2014: Trip by Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and son Prince George expected to boost tourism dollar, and it cost a fraction of Oprah Winfrey’s tour

• Text messages telling welfare recipients to brush teeth leave sour taste

  6 Oct 2014: New approach to cutting dental care costs in New Zealand ‘deepens the stereotypes that beneficiaries can’t do anything themselves’, says community group

• Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of flat-pack cities around the world

  3 Oct 2014: The development of engineered timber could herald a new era of eco-friendly ‘plyscrapers’. Christchurch welcomed its first multistorey timber structure this year, there are plans for Vancouver, and the talk is China could follow

• David Cunliffe stands down as NZ Labour leader but will stand again

  27 Sep 2014: Support for him in the 32-member caucus is believed to have fallen to fewer than six

• Photo highlights of the day

  25 Sep 2014: The Guardian’s picture editors bring you a selection of the best photographs from around the world

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