I was down in Wellington last week and had lunch at a restaurant nearby Sir Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop in Miramar:
Absolutely a kick to walk around and see overseas visitors excitedly touring the "Weta Cave." Several were rigged out in Hobbit tee shirts and hats (okay, I'll confess they were Americans, but I can say this since I'm American?!). Their enthusiasm was contagious--they advised me that the hats had been purchased at Hobbiton in Matamata, so these tourists are definitely making the Hobbit rounds and supporting the NZ economy. I know, I should have told them about Piopio!
Upon leaving I was hissed off by Gollum looking for his Precious, suspended from the ceiling in the domestic terminal:
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