"The Shire," New Zealand
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Pokeno and Matamata -- Before
1999, these fertile pastures within 50km south of Auckland are better
known as breeding grounds for the country's racing thoroughbreds. Now
tourists flock from all over to see the countryside that has become the
Shire, the idyllic home of the hobbits in Peter Jackson's film adaptation
of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
The photos above and to the left are taken near the village of Pokeno, at the threshold of North Island's Coromandel Peninsula. The scene below is closer to Matamata proper. These photos are taken with the Nikon D100 digital SLR and the Nikon f/2.8 20mm D lens.
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