We'd heard a rumor last weekend but this week it was confirmed in our local "Waitomo News" that New Zealand film maker Sir Peter Jackson and his crew visited a farm in the nearby Mangaotaki Valley, up river from Struan Farm, to scout a possible filming location for The Hobbit. They arrived in choppers last week.
Principal photography begins in February. Fingers and toes are crossed.
Piopio and Struan Farm will be ready Sir Peter, and of course we've read the book, it's available on Fishpond!
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