New Zealand

Real-life country
New Zealand
General Information
Other names	Aotearoa (Māori)
Type	Real-life country
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New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The Tasman Sea, a marginal sea of the South Pacific, lies to its west, separating it from Australia. It was the primary filming location for The Lord of the Rings (film series), The Hobbit (film series) and the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Director Peter Jackson lives in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city, and Wētā Workshop is also located there.

Suitability as Middle-earth

Despite the great success of the movies, the choice for New Zealand has not been without controversy. Journalist Ed Power argued that “postcard-gorgeous New Zealand” lacks the “signs of decline” that mark Middle-earth.

Tourism

Beyond having subsidized the Peter Jackson trilogy for approximately $150 million, the New Zealand government has at various times invested in tourism campaigns to entice tourists into visiting filming locations.

Filming locations

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Sam and Gollum discuss coney cookery.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Twelve Mile Delta (Ithilien camp)\n","link":"","lat":-45.069183333333335,"lon":168.54311666666666,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKawarau Suspension Bridge (The Argonath on the Anduin River)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fellowship pass the Pillars of the Kings on the Anduin River.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Kawarau Suspension Bridge (The Argonath on the Anduin River)\n","link":"","lat":-45.01185,"lon":168.89278333333334,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENorth Mavora Lake (Nen Hithoel)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fellowship moor at the side of the lake at the end of their journey down the Anduin. The hobbits hide from the Uruk-hai.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"North Mavora Lake (Nen Hithoel)\n","link":"","lat":-45.267066666666665,"lon":168.175,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMararoa River swingbridge at South Mavora Lake (Silverlode and Anduin rivers)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fellowship leave Lothl\u00f3rien.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Mararoa River swingbridge at South Mavora Lake (Silverlode and Anduin rivers)\n","link":"","lat":-45.31616666666667,"lon":168.17906666666667,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMavora Lakes (Fangorn Forest edge)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAragorn, Legolas and Gimli follow Merry and Pippin's trail from the mound of burnt orc bodies left by Eomer's Riders of Rohan.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Mavora Lakes (Fangorn Forest edge)\n","link":"","lat":-45.3328,"lon":168.1734,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENorwest Lakes, near St Paul's Dome (South of Rivendell)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Fellowship move south out of Rivendell.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Norwest Lakes, near St Paul's Dome (South of Rivendell)\n","link":"","lat":-45.42263333333333,"lon":167.34666666666666,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBog Pine Paddock (Fangorn Forest)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAragorn, Legolas and Gimli meet Gandalf the White.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Bog Pine Paddock (Fangorn Forest)\n","link":"","lat":-45.35145,"lon":167.90795,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWaiau River (Anduin River)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe opening aerial shot of The Fellowship of the Ring showing the forested banks of the Anduin River.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Waiau River (Anduin River)\n","link":"","lat":-45.495916666666666,"lon":167.66931666666667,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKepler Mire (Dead Marshes)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGollum guides Frodo and Sam through the swamp, saving Frodo as he falls under spell of the dead that seem to float within it.\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Kepler Mire (Dead Marshes)\n","link":"","lat":-45.492783333333335,"lon":167.69828333333334,"icon":""},{"text":"\u003Cb\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWaikato (Shire)\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E\u003C/b\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"mw-parser-output\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\"/wiki/Hobbiton\" title=\"Hobbiton\"\u003EHobbiton\u003C/a\u003E Set\n\u003C/p\u003E\u003C/div\u003E","title":"Waikato (Shire)\n","link":"","lat":-37.8575,"lon":175.6797222222222,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

See also

• Category:New Zealand, articles about New Zealand.
• New Zealand as Middle-earth

External links

• New Zealand at Wikipedia