{"id":69508,"date":"2013-02-28T01:58:57","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T06:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=69508"},"modified":"2013-02-28T02:01:39","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T07:01:39","slug":"hobbiton-set-to-shrivel-in-waikato-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2013\/02\/28\/69508-hobbiton-set-to-shrivel-in-waikato-drought\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobbiton set to shrivel in Waikato drought"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Inn Bilbo Baggins’ lush green shire could have the life sucked out of it after Waikato’s undeclared drought restricted Hobbiton’s water supply.<\/p>\n

It’s the region’s driest summer in five years and, with no rain in sight, Matamata best known tourist attraction may become three hectares of parched grass and stressed plants.<\/p>\n

Losing the green image threatens to damage Hobbiton’s international image and could cost thousands of dollars to fix, manager Russell Alexander said yesterday.<\/p>\n

The film set, that featured in both The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, has enjoyed an unprecedented summer of business.<\/p>\n

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Bilbo Baggins’ lush green shire could have the life sucked out of it after Waikato’s undeclared drought restricted…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":49607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[333,20,148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hobbit-locations","category-new_zealand","category-hobbit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t