Atene Skyline Hike - I started off like the "Last of the Mohicans" not making a sound in the forest, being light of foot. Because I was so quiet, I startled calves and young goats browsing on the trail. I actually set off some stampedes as I came quickly and silently from behind the young animals. I would curse the fallen trees on the trail but came to be thankful because they stopped the browsing animals from being an issue. I actually found a group of 8 big calves pretty intimidating. Can you see how enticing the forest is and how it would be the perfect place for Lord of the Rings to be filmed?It was actually filmed on the South Island near Queenstown. But the 2004 movie called "River Queen" was filmed on the Wanganui River. It tells the story of an Irish woman's search for her kidnapped son who was taken by her Maori lover in the 1860s to be raised by his people.