Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, said he first met the “Lord of the Rings” director when he went to ...

A sculpture of an eagle from the Hobbit films, ridden by the wizard Gandalf, hangs over the food court area of Wellington Airport, in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 5, 2025.

Jackson’s fascination with the moa A New Zealand native, Jackson is fascinated with the wingless, long-necked specimen. He called it “part of the country’s DNA,“ in an interview with IGN.

Air New Zealand embraces its country's strong ties to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movie trilogies with this awe-inspiring, in-flight safety video. Crediting itself as "the airline of ...

Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, said he first met the “Lord of the Rings” director when he went to ...

Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, and Colossal CEO Ben Lamm hold up bones from Jackson’s collection of extinct moa bones in Wellington, New Zealand, 2024. A depiction is represented of the largest ...

News / Life / Entertainment ‘Lord of the Rings’ director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand’s lost moa Filmmaker Peter Jackson's fascination with a large extinct New ...

At that point, he'd amassed between 300 and 400 bones, he said. In New Zealand, it's legal to buy and sell moa bones found on private lands, but not on public conservation areas—nor to export them.