Bag End and Bagshot row

Waikato Region

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February 11th 2008
Now heading south from the Coromandel we stopped in Matamata, otherwise known as Hobbiton. This place is pretty much now devoted to the Lord of the Rings set, Hobbiton as there are only stud farms and sheep surrounding the area. We booked ourselves on a tour as its situated on private land and hopped on the big white bus named "Gandalf". This is the only remaining set out of the 130 used to make t ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island » Waikato

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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