The Hobbit: an unexpected journey is part of the trilogy inspired by JRR Tolkien and is the prequel to the Lord of the Rings. If already with the Lord of the Rings you had wanted to take a trip to the beautiful country of New Zealand, surely with this film there will be even more, and then let's go and see where these places are.
Certainly Auckland is the city where the discovery tour of The Hobbit begins, which is also one of the main cities of New Zealand, from here the step to Hobbiville is short. A visitable village located in Matamata in the Waikato region. Matama is located 160 km from Auckland and to reach it you will have to take a nice trip. Surrounded by hills and mountain ranges, at every turn you will seem to recognize a scene from the film. Here you can get to the house of Bilbo baggins, One of the 37 small houses in the village, those with the round door around the Festival Tree, or walk the paths where he really walked too Gandalf the Gray and take or make you take lots of photos.
Another location to keep in mind is Mount Ngauruhoe, or the Mount Doom. The Mount is located inside the Tongariro National Park, the park is the fourth oldest in the world that extends for about 800 square km. If you haven't gotten there yet, this mountain is the mountain where the ring is forged and the same mountain where Frodo has to throw the ring back to save everyone.
In the capital of New Zealand, Wellington, there is also a theme park, precisely in the Miramar peninsula, dedicated to The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia. The Weta Cave, this is the name it offers inside many attractions and a mega shop where you can buy all the products of the series, if you want to take a look at it, do it also because theadmission is free.
Advice. If you decide to do some tours you could rely on some local agency. There is one, the Hobbitontours which offers 4 different tours lasting 1,45 hours each at a cost of just under € 50 per adult. The cost is not very low, especially given the time, but what we must consider is that alone it would take you much longer to reach your destination. Children from 10 to 14 pay half, from 5 to 9 years only 6 € (out of 48 €) and children up to 4 years do not pay and enter for free.
