The Hobbiton Movie Set in Matamata, New Zealand, will make you feel like you’ve just stepped into the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy and "The Hobbit" films and books. First ...

You get to the Shire long before you get to the Shire. You pass through Rohan, too. That's the beauty of northern New Zealand. Leave Auckland, and with the right set of eyes, you're transported to ...

If you are a Lord of the Rings fan, your dreams are about to come true. The Hobbiton sets being built for The Hobbit are going to be permanent, and open to visitors once the movie is done filming. So, ...

The official Hobbiton movie set in Matamata, New Zealand where The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit were filmed, will soon allow visitors to book a room on the grounds through Airbnb. For the first ...

Lizzo is apparently campaigning to be cast in the next Lord of the Rings project. During a visit to Hobbiton in New Zealand, the singer performed the song “Concerning Hobbits” on the recorder while ...

There are plenty of great reasons to visit New Zealand, but if you're a fan of pop culture, touring the locations used to film Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies is a pretty ...

Confession: we're giant Lord of the Rings fans. We might even have seen the first movie eight times when it was on the big screen, and countless times on DVD and iTunes since then. We're also giant ...

“Lord of the Rings” star Elijah Wood surprised a bride and groom when he crashed their wedding in Matamata, New Zealand otherwise known as Hobbiton. “We were just finishing the signing of the ...

CHEERS: Good George brewery’s Jason Macklow enjoys a Hobbit beer with Hobbiton chief executive Russell Alexander at The Green Dragon. Peter Drury / Fairfax NZ Thousands of tourists a day are drinking ...