Brian & Mel where truly fantastic hosts. They enabled our visit to Matamata to be so very wonderful. We went to see the Hobbiton Movie Set and we would have missed that fantastic walk to Wairee Falls, the magic of the opal geothermal spa and that awesome ltalian restaurant that they recommend and booked for us. We cannot recommend them both highly enough for anyone wanting to experience true New Zealand hospitality and see the area like a local