Post Tagged with: "Tourism New Zealand"

‘Book of New Zealand’ Hobbit Installation in L.A.

Gosh! This sounds quite magical. The Book of New Zealand is a pop-up book type of installation based on The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and brought to Los Angeles by Tourism New Zealand. It […]

100% Middle-earth: New Tourism Campaign for New Zealand

New Zealand, the land of the long white cloud, home to approximately 60 million sheep, and Middle-earth. At least, that is what everyone associates New Zealand with these days. Ever since The Lord of the […]

The Hobbit Cast Praise NZ In Tourism Vid

The DVD for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is now out in the US and on it is a short film in which the stars of The Hobbit sing the praises of the New Zealand countryside. The film, […]

The Weather in Elvish

Wasn’t it great the way the Kiwis found different ways to celebrate the world premiere of The Hobbit? One of my favourites was the reporter who took on the challenge from Tourism New Zealand to […]

Win a Trip to The Hobbit Premiere!

Going to San Diego Comic Con? Then you may end up going to The Hobbit premiere too! Tourism New Zealand are giving away a six day trip to New Zealand including tickets to The Hobbit: An Unexpected […]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey on Blu-Ray Sometime in Mid-2013

During yesterday’s Holiday Parks Association of New Zealand Conference, head of Tourism New Zealand Kevin Bowler revealed that The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will make its Blu-ray and DVD debut in mid-2013. Included in the […]

Tourism NZ Seeks Guidelines from Warners

Tourism New Zealand and Warner Brothers are in talks over how tour operators can use the film The Hobbit in their marketing campaigns, following the recent kerfuffle between Warner Brothers and the Southampton pub called […]

Hobbit Helps Local Economy

  The Nelson region of New Zealand was hit by terrible flooding last December, cutting short the filming of The Hobbit. The floods, the worst for 50 years, affected trading in what would usually be […]