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While in the resort Serkis, who plays Gollum/Smeagol, took a ride with Ziptrek in the exhilarating Kea 6-Line Tour, which features the world's steepest tree-to-tree flying fox.
A new system allowing a reduced weight limit of 30kg meant Serkis' children were able to join him and his wife on the ecotour.
Yesterday, the Otago Daily Times reported Middle Earth appeared to be returning to the Wakatipu, with the construction of a three-storey wooden set and a smaller structure at Paradise, and guarded by security staff.