Madame B sends in the latest from a set very close to Wellington called Queen Elizabeth Park in Paekakariki. Check out what she has to say! [More]

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Madame B sends in the latest from a set very close to Wellington called Queen Elizabeth Park in Paekakariki. Check out what she has to say!

I am a Kapiti Coast Local who happened to stumble on a Lord Of The Rings Set in Queen Elizabeth park which is situated at Mc Kay’s Crossing, Paekakariki.

The Set is located on private land but you can see it from a road within the park. I was strolling there with my mates when one shouted out “What the B….Y! H..L! is that!?”

We sprinted down a track, leapt the fence and crossed some farm paddocks dodging the cow pats. From our vantage point behind a gorse bush we saw the huge black figure my friend had seen from the road. It was a guy approximately 7 feet high, and twice as wide, dressed in the most evil looking black armor I have ever seen. This guy really was huge!

“Now, being a fan of the book, I’d come across a picture of the Witch King on the net.

PJ’s Witch King looks very very similar. Except for a few details. The Witch King in the picture is a skinny-looking thing. This Witch King is not! The crown in the picture is a pathetic-looking thing. This Witch King’s crown is massive! The armour on this Witch King covers the whole body and is as black as the darkest night! This Witch King has a mace! ( as does the Witch King in the picture.) This Witch King sure knows how to use it too!

He was a smashing up a stuffed dummy with that mace big time! That sight made me nervous….we just took off out of there!

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Ringer Spy John Doe sends in news regarding the new set we reported on at the Wellington docks…

The New Set in Wellington at the wharves is being used for filming Orc scenes. There are, to my knowledge, no main actors there. All units are now on 6 day filming schedules and one is even doing a 12 day stint.

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Ianman chimes in with some great stills from a report on TVNZ. Check out the 3rd and 4th picture. Gandalf and Eomer? Saruman and Grima? You make the call. [more]

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Thanks to Ianman for sending in these stills from and interview monday night on TVNZ on the Holmes Show.

Check out the new shots of Gandalf and Eomer?…or is it Saruman and Grima?

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Wellington newspaper ‘The Dominion’ has a picture of feisty Tariana Turia, member of Parliament, modelling one of the Rohan helmets from the film production. It weighs five kilos! Other than that it was a good sunhat, Turia suggested – protecting the nose and neck as well as the head. Well, it would.

The reason for the story is that it’s Hat Day, and Melanoma Awareness Week, so Turia was doing her bit to promote the coolness of wearing hats, and the film company was doing their bit for the public good. We can’t post the Dom’s pics, but we have our own one of a Rohan helmet here

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