{"id":42213,"date":"2011-02-12T11:59:58","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T16:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=42213"},"modified":"2011-02-12T12:00:29","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T17:00:29","slug":"sacred-mountains-off-limits-to-hobbit-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/02\/12\/42213-sacred-mountains-off-limits-to-hobbit-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Mountains off limits to &#8216;Hobbit&#8217; Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/news\/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=10705898\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-42214 no-lazyload\" style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 10px; border: 0px !important;\" title=\"Mt Ngauruhoe\" src=\"http:\/\/www-images.theonering.org\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mt-ngauruhoe_489-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mt-ngauruhoe_489-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/mt-ngauruhoe_489.jpg 468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>The stark cone of Mt Ngauruhoe played a leading role in Peter Jackson&#8217;s <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em> trilogy, featuring as a smouldering Mt Doom.<\/p>\n<p>Now, only five weeks out from the scheduled start of filming for <em>The Hobbit<\/em> prequel, local Maori are set to put their foot down and refuse permission for the Oscar-winning director to use the central North Island mountains again. 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