Paradise is a rural locality in the
Otago region of the
South Island of New Zealand. It lies on the eastern side of the
Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu
The Dart River (officially Dart River / Te Awa Whakatipu from ) flows through rugged forested country in the southwestern South Island of New Zealand. Partly in Mount Aspiring National Park, it flows south-west and then south for from its head ...
at the head of
Lake Wakatipu
Lake Wakatipu ( mi, Whakatipu Waimāori) is an inland lake ( finger lake) in the South Island of New Zealand. It is in the southwest corner of the Otago region, near its boundary with Southland. ''Lake Wakatipu'' comes from the original Māori n ...
, close to the settlement of
Glenorchy.
The surrounding area is used for sheep and cattle farming. The locality has also been used as a setting in films and television.
Art, entertainment, and media
Films
*The locality was used as a location during filming of
''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy, wherein it represented
Parth Galen and parts of
Lothlórien
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, specifically the area which the Fellowship first enters.
*It was also used in
''The Hobbit'' trilogy, for scenes of the exterior of Beorn's house.
Television
*The locality was used as the setting for much of the
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,'' although filming of the latter took place in the nearby town of Glenorchy.
A.W. Reed recorded that the locality was first known as Paradise Flat, and that a popular (but not universally accepted) view attributes the name to an abundance of
s.
Another contention, supported by Alfred Duncan's article, "Paradise and the Maori" in the ''Lake Wakatip Mail'', in 1860, suggests that the area was named because of its beauty.