'Rings' around New Zealand Kiwis discover superstardom is good for the ego, but there is a price. On a tussocked plain a few ridges from Fred Simpson's high-country New Zealand station is a battleground. Here, Sauron's orcs bludgeoned men from Rohan and Gondor to dramatic deaths, as a tiny hobbit and his best friend set out to destroy a bewitching ring. [More]