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Kōrero: Otago places

Lord of the rings landscape

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Parts of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the rings film trilogy were filmed in dramatic settings in the Lake Wakatipu basin. In this video, Ian Brodie, author of The Lord of the rings location guidebook, points out some of the filming sites.

Courtesy of Rustic Road Productions

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Malcolm McKinnon, Otago places – Wakatipu basin, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/22851/lord-of-the-rings-landscape (accessed 27 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Malcolm McKinnon, i tāngia i te 19 August 2009, updated 1 July 2015.