For more than a decade, the eye-catching artwork had hung from the ceiling of Wellington International Airport in New Zealand ...

For more than a decade, passengers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the giant figures.

Sculptures of two giant eagles from the “Lord of the Rings” films will be removed from New Zealand’s Wellington Airport this month after looming over travelers for 12 years ...

The eagles were unveiled in 2013, around the time of the release of The Hobbit trilogy. The giant sculptures were produced by Wētā Workshop, the New Zealand-based company that made costumes and props ...

Two giant eagle sculptures inspired by “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” have loomed over visitors to Wellington Airport for more than a decade. Now, they will take their final ...

Wellington Airport isn’t losing its quirky side. An enormous sculpture of The Hobbit’s gold-hoarding dragon, Smaug, will remain overlooking the check-in counters.

Two giant eagle sculptures inspired by “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” have loomed over visitors to Wellington Airport for more than a decade. Now, they will take their final flight and ...

A sculpture of an eagle from the Hobbit films, ridden by the wizard Gandalf, hangs over the food court area of Wellington Airport, in Wellington, New Zealand, Monday, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo ...

passengers at New Zealand’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the “Hobbit” films, one bearing a bellowing wizard Gandalf.

passengers at New Zealand ’s Wellington Airport have boarded flights below the figures of two giant, hovering eagles from the Hobbit films, one bearing a bellowing wizard Gandalf. With 50-foot ...