Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook by Ian Brodie is available from most good online retailers including Amazon.com as the following - Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook Revised edition, Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook, Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook Coffee Table edition, and Amazon.co.uk as the Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook Revised edition, Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook Paperback edition, Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook Coffee Table edition. We also have some copies available - contact us to purchase direct for approx. US $15.95 or UK £9.95 (limited availability).
Contents of Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook revised edition. Sections in red indicate new material or those substantially revised from the first edition of Ian Brodie’s Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook. Format: Paperback, 128 pages, full colour; ISBN: 1869004917 (2nd edition, November 2003), 1869004526 (1st edition, November 2002). Feel free to email us with any questions about the guidebook in particular or New Zealand in general.
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| Acknowledgements | 5 |
| Foreword | 6 |
| Intro to NZ Mythology | 11 |
| Location Hunting Process by Peter Jackson | 13 |
| Cameras in Middle-earth by Richard Taylor | 14 |
| Middle-earth in NZ by Alan Lee | 15 |
| Finding the Locations by Barrie M. Osborne | 20 |
| North Island | |
| Port Waikato - Weathertop | 24 |
| Matamata - Hobbiton | 25 |
| Central North Island locations | 29 |
| Tongariro National Park - Mordor | 31 |
| Whakapapa Ski Field - Mordor and Emyn Muil | 32 |
| Ohakune - Ithilien and Mordor | 34 |
| Rangitikei River Gorge - River Anduin | 36 |
| Waitarere Forest - Trollshaw Forest and Osgiliath Forest | 37 |
| Otaki and Otaki Gorge - Leaving the Shire | 38 |
| Paraparaumu - Pelennor Fields | 40 |
| Wellington Regions and locations | 41 |
| Wellington - Downtown sites | 42 |
| Mt Victoria - 'Get off the road' | 43 |
| Mt Victoria - Escape from the Nazgul | 44 |
| Mt Victoria and Lyall Bay - Dunharrow | 45 |
| The Wairarapa - An Intro | 46 |
| Fernside - Lothlorien and Gladden Fields | 48 |
| Putangirua Pinnacles - Dimholt Road | 49 |
| Upper Hutt - An Intro | 50 |
| Kaitoke Regional Park - Rivendell and Fords of Isen | 51 |
| Harcourt Park - Isengard Gardens | 52 |
| Harcourt Park - Orc Tree | 53 |
| Hutt River - River Anduin and Rohan River | 54 |
| Wellington - a day tour | 55 |
| Wellington - cafes and entertainment | 56 |
| The sets - Bree | 57 |
| The sets - Helm’s Deep | 58 |
| The sets - Minas Tirith | 59 |
| South Island | |
| Nelson - An Intro | 60 |
| Nelson - Artisans | 61 |
| Takaka Hills - Chetwood Forest | 62 |
| Mt Olympus - south of Rivendell | 63 |
| Mt Owen - Dimrill Dale | 65 |
| Southern Alps - Misty Mountains | 67 |
| Erewhon - An Intro | 68 |
| Mt Potts Station - Edoras | 69 |
| Mackenzie Country - An Intro | 71 |
| Mt Cook and Twizel | 73 |
| Twizel - Pelennor Fields | 74 |
| West Coast - An Intro | 75 |
| Franz Joseph Glacier - lighting of the beacons | 76 |
| Tarras - flight to the ford | 77 |
| Wanaka - south of Rivendell and Misty Mountains | 78 |
| Crown Range route to Queenstown | 79 |
| Kawarau River - Pillars of the Kings | 82 |
| Arrowtown - Fords of Bruinen | 84 |
| Arrowtown - Gladden Fields | 86 |
| Skippers Canyon - Fords of Bruinen | 87 |
| Queenstown | 88 |
| Deer Park Heights | 90 |
| The Remarkables - Dimrill Dale | 93 |
| Queenstown to Glenorchy | 95 |
| Closeburn - Amon Hen | 96 |
| Twelve Mile Delta - Ithilien | 97 |
| Glenorchy - An Intro | 100 |
| Glenorchy - Isengard and Lothlorien | 101 |
| Routeburn Track Road - Isengard | 104 |
| Walking tracks | 105 |
| Queenstown day tour | 106 |
| Mavora Lakes - Fangorn Forest | 107 |
| Mavora Lakes - Nen Hithoel | 108 |
| Mararoa River - Silverlode River | 109 |
| Te Anau - An Intro | 110 |
| Takaro Road - Fangorn Forest | 111 |
| Waiau River and Kepler Track - River Anduin | 112 |
| Lake Manapouri and Doubtful Sound | 113 |
| Norwest Lakes - south of Rivendell and flight to ford | 114 |
| Central Otago - An Intro | 116 |
| Ida Valley - Rohan | 117 |
| Poolburn - Rohan | 118 |
| Peter Jackson - Favourite Locations | 119 |
| Richard Taylor - Favourite Location | 120 |
| New Zealand tour | 121 |
| Index | 124 |
