Auditioning for the next film

Hobbits

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October 27th 2012
Visited the film set used for the Hobbit houses in Lords of the Rings. Facinating tour info relating to Peter Jackson flying over the area and deciding it was perfect to represent middle earth. The set was used in all three films and is undergoing alterations for the Hobbit series. Anyone seeing the film will rember the characters houses, the party tree and the pub. Matamata, the nearest town w ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Matamata

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more