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\n© Tourism New Zealand<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n Ganz im Geiste der Tolkien-Verfilmungen von Peter Jackson gibt es davon sogar eine (mehr als doppelt so lange) Extended Version<\/a>.<\/p>\n Unabhängig (?) davon bietet Air New Zealand<\/a> gemeinsam mit dem Department of Conservation<\/a> seit gestern einen Wettbewerb<\/a> an, bei dem man eine Neuseelandreise mit Wanderungen auf allen neun "Great Walks" innerhalb von neun Wochen (genauer gesagt, vom 11. Februar bis 14. April 2013) gewinnen kann. Diese "Great Walks" zählen, wie der Name schon sagt, zu den besten mehrtägigen Wanderungen des Landes, wie ich mich am Beispiel des Milford Track<\/a> schon selbst überzeugen konnte.<\/p>\n Für mich geht sich das leider zeitlich nicht aus, weil ich im April ja schon wieder arbeiten muss – wobei all diese Wanderungen innerhalb von nur neun Wochen wohl ohnehin sehr anstrengend wären. Aber schon allein das Werbevideo macht Lust, zumindest ein oder zwei dieser Wanderungen auf eigene Faust zu erkunden:<\/p>\n \n© Air New Zealand<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n Nur noch vier Monate!Lately, I tend to stumble upon YouTube videos about New Zealand that are indeed wetting my appetite. Are these finds just coincidences, or am I simply visiting the "right" websites?<\/p>\n Tourism New Zealand<\/a> is marketing the country under the slogan "100% Pure New Zealand". On the occasion of the upcoming release of the first part of the "Hobbit" movie trilogy by Peter Jackson, this slogan was extended by the phrase "100% Middle-Earth" about once month ago. At the same time, a fantastic, one-minute long commercial was published:<\/p>\n \n© Tourism New Zealand<\/a> <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n True to the spirit of the Tolkien film adaptions by Peter Jackson, there is even an (more than twice as long) extended version<\/a>.<\/p>\n Just yesterday, Air New Zealand<\/a> (in cooperation with the Department of Conservation<\/a>) started an adventure travel contest<\/a>: You may win a New Zealand holiday with hikes on all nine Great Walks in just nine weeks (more precisely, between February 11 and April 14, 2013). As the name suggests, these Great Walks are among the best multi-day hikes in New Zealand, as I could see for myself when hiking the Milford Track during my last visit.<\/p>\n For me, the timing is not ideal, as I have to be back in Austria by the end of March already – but hiking all nine Great Walks in just nine weeks would probably be quite exhausting anyway. Still, the commercial alone makes me want to explore at least one or two of these hikes myself:<\/p>\n \n 9 "Great Walks" in 9 Wochen\n <\/h2>\n
\n 100% Middle-Earth\n <\/h2>\n
\n 9 Great Walks in 9 Weeks\n <\/h2>\n