Here's a hobbit!!

Tracking the footsteps of two young hobbits!!!!

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October 15th 2006
After our caving experience, we headed to Matamata which only made its mark on the map after a certain very famous trilogy was partly filmed here. In case we have not given enough hints, it involves a ring and a lord. Yep, you got it now (no Mat, its not one of your mucky films), a farm near Matamata was used as Hobbiton and the Shire for Lord of the Rings. We went on a 2 hour tour around what rem ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand » North Island

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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