Graeme being a Hobbit

Part 2 - Oh, Mister Frodo!

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January 31st 2005
We set off early again, in search of a special place. We had scoured our tourist road atlas and asked at the information centre, but nobody seemed to know the way. We even looked for a small ugly creature with a rasping voice to take us there, but to no avail. We knew it wasn’t far away… We then consulted our copy of the Lord of the Rings Location Guidebook. Sure enough, it was able to te ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waikato » 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