New Zealand for Hobbit

Famed for dramatic scenery that has long-inspired writers, artists and dreamers, it was only a matter of time before New Zealand made a name for itself in the movies. Advancing its rise to stardom is Peter Jackson, the Kiwi film director who brought the blockbusting Lord of the Rings trilogy to the big screen. The Hobbit trilogy will once again put New Zealand’s beauty under the spotlight.

JRR Tolkien set both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings in ‘Middle-earth’, a mythical land inspired partly by the author’s childhood explorations of rural England. Jackson’s home turf, New Zealand, proved the perfect setting for Middle-earth’s re-creation, with more than 150 locations around the country featured in The Lord of the Rings (LoTR).