Psssst. This is not the film . . .

Rating: Null/10 (22 February 2003)

. . . whose scenery will convince you to visit New Zealand. See instead Jane Campion's The Piano (see my IMDb review.)
You'll pack your bags right away.
I will say this about Peter Jackson--he's managed to make his movies here but the ocean doesn't feature at all--gives you an insight into the astonishing variety of the physical geography of New Zealand.