Hobbiton-Have you taken the kids or grand kids?
I wrote a story about Hobbiton several years ago after my friend Mandy and I visited the filming location. I was blown away by its magnificence, the detail and intricacy of the set, where the Peter Jackson filmed the Hobbit. It was perfect in every way, short of a few real hobbits going about their daily […]
Why aren’t Kiwis visiting one of our best tourist attractions – Hobbiton?
Hobbiton is a place I have often wondered about while passing through Matamata. It’s one of New Zealand’s most successful tourist attractions with over 500,000 visitors per year but most are international folk so I decided to take a look at what us Kiwis, are missing out on. It’s incredible. On the rolling hillsides of the Alexander family […]