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The Waikato is a region blessed with two landscapes to discover 鈥 one above ground, and one below.
Fed by the mighty Waikato River the land is rich and fertile, and the surrounding towns prosperous.
Exploring Waitomo
Orderly, pastoral scenes unfold around every corner, and the main center, Hamilton, stretches gently along the river banks. Within the city more than 58 hectares are dedicated to gardens.
Divided into five collections, these planted areas reflect the relationship between people and plants, one that dates back to pre-European M膩ori life, when kumara and other crops were planted along the banks of the river.
In the 1830s the missionaries introduced European crops and farming methods, leading to the current agricultural basis of the local community. Below the earth a wonderland of water and limestone beckons for more adventurous exploration.
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Places in and around Waikato
- Waitomo Waikato
- Auckland 60 kilometers away
- Devonport 62 kilometers away
- Waiheke Island 71 kilometers away
- Thames & Kauaeranga Valley 77 kilometers away
- Coromandel Peninsula 106 kilometers away
- Warkworth 110 kilometers away
- Tauranga 131 kilometers away
- Great Barrier Island 146 kilometers away
- Bay of Plenty 153 kilometers away
- Rotorua 158 kilometers away
- Lake Taupo 187 kilometers away
- Taranaki & New Plymouth 196 kilometers away
- North Island 209 kilometers away
- The Kauri Coast 216 kilometers away
- Tongariro National Park 218 kilometers away
- Paihia 241 kilometers away
- Russell 243 kilometers away
- Kerikeri 250 kilometers away
- Bay of Islands 250 kilometers away
- Matauri Bay 273 kilometers away
- Whanganui National Park 285 kilometers away
- Napier 303 kilometers away
- Hastings 312 kilometers away
- Hawke's Bay 314 kilometers away
- Eastland & Gisborne 323 kilometers away
- 90 Mile Beach & Cape Reinga 333 kilometers away
- The Kapiti Coast 390 kilometers away
- Collingwood & Farewell Spit 408 kilometers away
- Greytown 416 kilometers away
- Abel Tasman National Park 423 kilometers away
- Marlborough Sounds 423 kilometers away
- Wairarapa & surrounds 424 kilometers away
- Martinborough 432 kilometers away
- Wellington 435 kilometers away
- Picton 440 kilometers away
- Nelson 451 kilometers away
- Kahurangi National Park 465 kilometers away
- Blenheim 466 kilometers away