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Month: August 2000
After reading the newsbites on Stuff.co.nz I’ve done some digging on the Golden Bay area of New Zealand. [More]
After reading the newsbites on Stuff.co.nz I’ve done some digging on the Golden Bay area of New Zealand.

Located on the very northern tip of the South Island, the Golden Bay area is surrounded by small NZ towns such as Collingwood, Puponga and Takaka.
Takaka is the last town of any size as you head towards the north-west corner of the South Island.






Images from Golden Bay
Rings producer stands by security guards
An Upper Hutt man is considering legal action after he was allegedly twice assaulted by a security guard working on the $360 million The Lord of the Rings project.
But the project’s producer Barrie Osborne on Saturday said the man wasn’t assaulted and claimed it was possible he was trying to extort money. [More]
Middle Earth comes to South Island
By KEVIN TAYLOR
A new round of filming on the epic Lord of the Rings trilogy production is due to start next week in the South Island.
The publicist for the $360 million production, Claire Raskind, said that filming would start next week on a mountain in the Golden Bay area, but she declined to be more specific about the location. [More]

Not much to see in this pic folks, but I’m sure you’re drooling with anticipation to take a guess! [More]