Thereafter, explore the surrounding countryside to see for yourself why the makers of the Lord of the Rings fantasy epics chose to shoot them in New Zealand.
Ancient forests, wind-whipped black sand beaches, vast craggy mountains, the sub-tropical Maori Northlands, the Pacific Coast Highway, and the famous Bay of Islands - all in amazingly unspoilt condition - await.
And that, by the way, is without setting a toe on the spectacular South Island...
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