This news report seems to confirm news about the Mt Potts set, Rohan perhaps? Who knows…

Rings filming for Mid-Canty

TIMARU — Three hundred cast and crew, and a similar number of extras and horses, will descend on Mount Potts Station, near Lake Clearwater, in August.

Production company Three Foot Six will film parts of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in the Mount Sunday area over six weeks. It is part of the $360 million, three-film project by director Peter Jackson. [More]