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Hobbiton

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Hobbiton

The film set of Hobbiton, created for the Lord of the rings film trilogy, is on a farm near Matamata. It attracts many tourists – in fact Matamata now bills itself as ‘Hobbiton’. In 2011–12 the set was reconstructed for The hobbit.

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato places – Matamata, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/27342/hobbiton (accessed 24 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 26 May 2010, updated 11 June 2015.