Guess Where I'm Going

Tomorrow I'm leaving the country. Locals are known as Kiwis. Can you guess where I'm going?

It is a subject of the British Crown. Captain Cook charted the coast. Any guesses?

The indigenous people are the Maori. Give up yet?

I'm going to New Zealand. Land of hobbits and sheep.

I'll be on a nice, long, twelve hour plane flight soon. They had better not take away my wooden knitting needles.