Besides the noble goal of having fun, our party in Wellington for the Premiere also aims to raise money for The Organ Donor Awareness Campaign, a charity supported by Peter Jackson. Check out the list of goodies we have to offer! Unique NZ treasures, LOTR collectibles, books and posters signed by PJ and the crew, and much much more. Thanks to the generosity of many people and businesses in NZ and overseas. [More] Ticket sales to the party close THIS FRIDAY and there will be NO DOOR SALES. [Book here]
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Besides the noble goal of having fun, our Premiere Party also aims to raise money for the Organ Donor Awareness Campaign, a charity supported by Peter Jackson. With that aim in mind, we’ve gathered a selection of great things to auction for that charity. Many thanks to our generous donors, who are all listed here.
Some of the exciting items for the auction/raffles are:
A wide variety of wonderful LOTR books, boxed book sets and audio sets and some posters plus a couple of poster book collections that have been signed by Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, and some of the crew members.
A luxurious Stansborough Gotland Fabric Throw. Stansborough Fibres are the weavers of the special fabric used to create the Magic Elven Cloaks for the Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy. They use only the wool from rare Gotland sheep.
We have a small but wonderful stamp/envelope collection of the LOTR cast members.
We have two Weta Workshop collectable items – One is Gandalf the Grey and the other is Orthanc, the tower of Saruman.
There are 2 black t-shirts and 1 cap with the weta design from Weta (these have not been signed)
Since a lot of the partygoers will be visitors to NZ, we have things that will be a wonderful memento of their trip:
A fabulous lightweight black merino cardi-jacket for those cold nights. This is premium wool grown in the same challenging alpine environment you’ve seen in the movies, and it produces an incredibly soft yet tough fibre.
We have a luminious pounamu pendant – like paua, pounamu (New Zealand jade) is a taonga (treasure) to Maori people (the native people of New Zealand) and is highly regarded. You will have noticed LOTR cast members – notably Sir Ian McKellen – wearing pounamu pendants from New Zealand.
We have several items made from New Zealand paua shell. Paua is a native New Zealand abalone and the brilliantly-coloured polished shell from the paua is used is various items such as necklaces, rings and earrings.
We have some photo albums made of unique NZ native woods, and a photo frame inlayed with an assortment of paua designs.
We also have some traditional bone necklaces in koru and whaletail designs bone – the koru (spiral design) represents in Maori culture life, growth, and movement.
New Zealanders especially will want to bid for the two superb accommodation packages staying in two fabulous 4 star hotels in central Wellington.
So there you are, lots of fun in that selection of goodies. The bar at the Skyline will provide facilities for people to withdraw money on their eftpos or credit card, if you’re wondering how you can pay for your winning bids.
Lastly, we are planning a special Return of the Ringers T-shirt….IF we can get it printed in time!
Via our Finnish friends at Kontu: The release date of The Return of the King soundtrack has changed from the date announced earlier (11/24/2003). At the moment, the soundtrack will be officially released December 1. In reality, this means the CD will be in stores around Helsinki on December 2 and elsewhere in Finland the day after. Source: Warner Music Finland, Tuula Hangasluoma.
frodo’s girl writes: Thought I’d send along a few more shots of NZ posts fabulous advertising campaign. That Gandalf stamp is massive and very impressive, I looked around the area to see if there was anything along the lines of the arrow by the Legolas stamp, but found nothing. The one down near Te papa looks like a letter being mailed to Mordor with the ring enclosed. Just for fun I’ve included a shot from starbucks – they have a mighty good artist with a penchant for fantasy spoofs. [More]
Ringer Spy Silmarien writes: The latest edition of ‘Hutt News’ features this article about Viggo Mortensen’s photo exhibit in New Zealand. [More] UPDATE: The poetry reading is sold out, according to one source.
Hobbit fans may want to check out MTV’s ‘Total Request Live’ this Wednesday, November 19. Middle-earth hits TRL, with hobbits Sean Astin, Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd here to prepare for their final ‘Lord of the Rings’ battle. [MTV.com]