The beautiful gardens of Harcourt Park, and the contrasting scenery of the Hutt River, will be a period of the trip I'm sure to miss, as the next section of my journey soon enters the mountains to the East, heading South to the Coast soon after. The next film location is a short distance upriver, …

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By this stage in the adventure our traversing of the North Island is soon coming to a close. So far we have seen many important locations to the Lord of the Rings story, such as Mordor, Mt Doom and Hobbiton. The last areas to visit on the North Island are in Wellington and its surrounds. …

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