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In Search of Ents

The studio of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings is clearly advanced in sorting out its "Ents", the ancient trees that help save Middle Earth. When staff at Lower Hutt religious retreat Frederic Wallis House found people wandering their historic garden asking permission to cut branches for filming, it was pointed out politely that the tulip tree was one of very few in the country and the twisted willow was holding up the garage.