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When Peter Jackson began to look for suitable locations for The Lord of the Rings film series, [5] he first saw the Alexander Farm during an aerial search [4] in 1998 [6] and concluded that the area was "like a slice of ancient England". [5] Set Decorator Alan Lee commented that the location's hills "looked as though Hobbits had already begun ...
The Lord of the Rings film series by Peter Jackson, based on J. R. R. Tolkien's novel of the same name, were shot at locations throughout New Zealand.Many of these places have been preserved and altered to encourage the media pilgrimage tourism that makes up a significant portion of the country's economy.
Manapouri was declared the "highest consumer of water" in New Zealand in 2010 because of the power station, which consumes 41 percent of the fresh water consumed by the entire country. [5] In 2002, the Government rejected an application of a business, Southland Water 2000, to bottle 40,000 cubic metres of water in 20 hours, twelve times a year ...
New Zealand is once again a home base for an adaptation of Tolkien’s work, having previously hosted Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit trilogies from the 2000s.
Mavora Lakes is a protected area in the South Island of New Zealand consisting of two lakes: North Mavora and South Mavora. The lakes are drained by the Mararoa River. The area is managed by the Department of Conservation, and is part of Te Wahipounamu, a World Heritage Area. [1] The area was used as a film location for The Lord of the Rings ...
The river was first known by its Māori name of Te Awa Whakatipu, with te awa literally translating as 'the river'. [7] The name Whakatipu is shared with several nearby geographic features, including Lake Wakatipu [a] and Whakatipu Kā Tuka (the Hollyford River) though this name is an archaic term and its original meaning is no longer known. [8]
The park was the filming location for exterior shots of Rivendell for the 2001 movie The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. [6] Two people were injured in a plane crash in the regional park in 2016, [7] and one person died in another plane crash in 2020. [8]
The Shire makes an appearance in both the 1977 The Hobbit [40] and the 1978 The Lord of the Rings animated films. [41] In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, the Shire appeared in both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Return of the King. The Shire scenes were shot at a location near Matamata, New Zealand.