Lorde announces new single ‘Mood Ring’ will arrive this week

The 2021 MTV VMAs are down a performer.

Sledgehammer Games has turned New Zealand’s national war hero into an Australian in Call Of Duty: Vanguard.The upcoming World War II shooter is set to introduce four heroes to the game who are each inspired by real-life people, including the Russian Polina Petrova, the British Arthur Kingsley, the American Wade Jackson and the Australian Lucas Riggs.However, Lucas Riggs, who is based on the real New Zealander Charles Upham, the only man to be awarded two Victoria crosses for his service in

EXCLUSIVE: Good Grief will make its way to IFC and Sundance Now, which have acquired North America and U.K. rights to the New Zealand comedy, from sisters Eve and Grace Palmer. IFC and Sundance Now have also teamed with Kiel McNaughton and Kerry Warkia’s Brown Sugar Apple Grunt Productions Ltd.’s to co-commission a second season.

“The Lorde Lorde Show” continues its takeover of “The Late Late show with James Corden”.

Lorde has performed ‘Solar Power’ album track ‘California’ live on The Late Late Show With James Corden as part of her week-long residency.The New Zealand singer-songwriter sang the cut from her new album amid a beach scene constructed for the US talk show.

England cricket legend and Brexit supporter Sir Ian Botham would be the UK's new trade envoy for Australia. Many questioned the decision asking why someone with no experience in trade was given such a role.

Lorde has shared an ‘Enhanced Album’ accompaniment to her new album ‘Solar Power’ on Spotify.The New Zealand artist has released her third studio album, which is the follow-up to 2017’s ‘Melodrama’, today (August 20).‘Solar Power’ is the latest subject of Spotify’s ‘Enhanced Album’ series, which enables fans to “immerse themselves in the inspiration, stories and creativity” behind select albums.Lorde’s ‘Enhanced Album’ experience includes never-before-seen audio and video content, including “a

Francis “Frankie” Mossman has sadly died.

Francis “Frankie” Mossman, who appeared on television shows like Spartacus and The Horizon, died on Aug. 14 in Sydney, Australia. He was 33 and his death was confirmed by his brothers, who did not disclose a cause .

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefNew Zealand is to return to a full, nationwide lockdown from midnight local time following the discovery of a case of COVID-19 that was locally transmitted. Film and TV productions will have to halt, but the pain may be brief.The move to a “Level 4” lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday afternoon at a televised press conference.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefEndeavor Content has come on board as the global sales agent for “The Panthers,” a musical social justice drama series from New Zealand.It was Friday confirmed that the series will make its international premiere as an official selection at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival, as part of the Primetime program.The six, hour-long episodes, based-on-a-true-story series covers a devastating and resonant period in New Zealand’s history through the

Middle Earth is moving from New Zealand to the United Kingdom.

Lord Of The Rings TV show has confirmed that production on its second season will be relocating to the UK.The show, which takes place thousands of years before the events of JRR Tolkien’s books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, has just wrapped shooting its first season in New Zealand.However, Amazon has announced that the next batch of episodes will begin pre-production in early 2022, with the show relocating to the UK.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefAmazon Studios’ decision to shift production of its untitled “Lord of the Rings” series from New Zealand to the U.K. has left the Kiwi production sector in shock.