- Jonathan King: New Zealanders are proud of Lord of the Rings and the Middle Earth thing, but also a little bit sheepish about it, too. It's like, "It's not all we do, you know." And it's funny how, like, Flight of the Conchords, even, when you think about the posters on the office wall, kind of poking fun of that straight away. So even New Zealanders are a little bit embarrassed about that. It's like "Hey, we're not just scenery!"