You can tour the movie set of The Shire™ for the movies The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
Tour bus available from Auckland, about a 2 hour drive.
From the website:
Welcome to The Shire™, home of the Hobbiton Movie Set where The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit Trilogies were filmed. When location scouts found the Alexanders’ spectacular 1250 acre sheep and beef farm just outside of Matamata, it was clear this would be the perfect setting for Sir Peter Jackson’s adaptation of these classic works by J.R.R. Tolkien.
