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Off to Hobbiton

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November 28th 2016
Geo: -37.8106, 175.762Up early, showers all round, and the Cornish girls headed off to the airport.We picked up the car, and set the gps for Hobbiton, stopping in Matamata for lunch.Arrived at Hobbiton and checked out the shop before our tour.The tour of the movie set was amazing, we took heaps of photos, but will have to wait to upload them, as we are almost out of data for our NZ sim.Back ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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