{"id":12002,"date":"2023-07-02T17:42:37","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=12002"},"modified":"2023-07-02T17:43:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T23:43:51","slug":"hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbiton photos at Lord of the Rings filming location in Matamata, New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12004\" src=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-668x445.jpg 668w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-02.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been in New Zealand for a month now and have had the opportunity to visit a few of the filming locations for the Lord of the Rings movies. By far my favorite has been &#8220;Hobbiton&#8221; in Matamata, New Zealand. Hobbiton is about 3 hours outside of Auckland and is the location of the Hobbit &#8220;Shire&#8221; where Bilbo Baggins and Frodo lived. A beautiful landscape on a still-working farm complete with rolling green hills, sheep and over 40 hobbit holes carved into the hillsides. Part of the tour was drinking ale at the Green Dragon tavern and walking across the bridge that Gandalf went across to enter the Shire in the Lord of the Rings movies. All my friends also enjoyed this tour so I highly recommend it (and you can also get a tour that includes the Glow Worm caves in Waitomo)<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Photos I took with Sony A7 iv camera and Sony GM 14mm lens<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-12002 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand\/hobbiton_waitamo-new-zealand_lotr_june_2023-14\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-14-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand\/hobbiton_waitamo-new-zealand_lotr_june_2023-13\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-13-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand\/hobbiton_waitamo-new-zealand_lotr_june_2023-12\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-12-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-12-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand\/hobbiton_waitamo-new-zealand_lotr_june_2023-11\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-11-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/hobbiton-photos-at-lord-of-the-rings-filming-location-in-matamata-new-zealand\/hobbiton_waitamo-new-zealand_lotr_june_2023-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hobbiton_Waitamo-New-Zealand_LOTR_June_2023-10-70x70.jpg 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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movies. By far my favorite has been &#8220;Hobbiton&#8221; in Matamata, New Zealand. Hobbiton is about 3 hours outside of Auckland and is the location of the Hobbit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4082],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3C0LX-37A","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12002"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12018,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12002\/revisions\/12018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}