Wellington

The Wellington region of New Zealand added to its world renown when it became the source of (and much of the outdoor location for) Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, at the start of the 21st century.
Director Peter Jackson started making movies at his birthplace, Pukerua Bay, a northern suburb of Porirua midway along the region's west coast.
His work on the film trilogy was mostly done in the eastern parts of Wellington City (which is at the south-west corner of the region), notably at Wētā Workshop in Miramar, and he persuaded New Line Cinema to stage the premiere of the third film, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, in the Embassy Theatre in 2003.
Wellington also contained the filming locations of Lake-town and Bree in the The Hobbit trilogy.
== Exhibition ==
From April to August 2006, New Zealand's National Museum ("Te Papa") hosted a Lord of the Rings exhibition, including a 1:72 scale model of Minas Tirith.
== Film locations shot here ==
*Gardens of Isengard
*Rivendell
*Parts of the River Anduin
*Lake-town (Esgaroth)
*Bree
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Category:Film locations