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Parks Around the World

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New Zealand

• New Zealand National Parks: New Zealand has 14 national parks and more than five million hectares - a third of New Zealand - protected in parks and reserves.
  • Abel Tasman National Park
  • Aoraki Mount Cook National Park
  • Arthurs Pass National Park
  • Egmont National Park
  • Fiordland National Park
  • Kahurangi National Park
  • Mount Aspiring National Park
  • Nelson Lakes National Park
  • Paparoa National Park
  • Rakiura National Park
  • Te Urewera National Park
  • Tongariro National Park
  • Westland Tai Poutini National Park
  • Whanganui National Park
• New Zealand Health & Travel Information Network: New Zealand is home to many national parks, forest parks and nature reserves, where you can relax, walk, hunt, fish, ski, climb, swim and many other activities. Read about individual parks here.
• Backpacking New Zealand National Parks: Explore New Zealand! Whether you're a seasoned outdoor-addict or a first-time adventurer.
• New Zealand Nature Company: Each New Zealand National Park is unique and all have there own geologic and bio-diversity. All New Zealand National Parks are laced with hiking and tramping tracks making them Ecotourism.
• New Zealand's Information Network: guide to National Parks
• New Zealand Wild Walks: a unique philosophy to the hiking and climbing paradise of New Zealand

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Middle Earth

Lord of the Ring's New Zealand:
Jackson and his team scoured New Zealand for the most beautiful and diverse areas. The rolling hills of Matamata became Hobbiton, while the volcanic region of Mt Ruapehu transformed into the fiery Mt. Doom where Sauron forged The Ring, and Queenstown, New Zealand's adventure capital, was the setting for numerous scenes including the Eregion Hills, and the Pillars of Argonath.
cite: tourism.net.nz

The New Zealand Home of Middle Earth:
"Though some of the landscape was digitally enhanced, much of the rugged beauty of New Zealand has remained not only unphotographed but unmolested by humans or hobbits." Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
cite: filmnz.com/middleearth/

Anywhere AnytimeTours:
Eight Lord of the Rings locations while traveling from Christchurch to Queenstown and Milford Sounds.
cite: new-zealand-tours.co.nz

Twizel -Battle Of The King's Tour: Location of Pelennor Battlefield
For 30 days in 2000 a part of Ben Ohau Station became Gondor and the site of the largest battle in Middle Earth. Hear about the geology of the area, Ben Ohau Station and a brief history of Twizel - the town that was never meant to be.
cite: discoverytours.co.nz

Lord of the Rings Self Drive Itinerary
They will design a New Zealand Lord of the Rings self-drive tour through the spectacular landscape of Middle Earth, seeing every geological formation and geographical landscape imaginable
cite: dehaantours.co.nz