A Royal New Zealand Army soldier patrols through mountainous terrain as part of exercise Sari Bair, Waiouru Military Camp, New Zealand. The famous Lord of the Rings trilogy (and the subsequent Hobbit trilogy) was filmed in New Zealand.

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