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Waikato District
Population:43,959
(territorial)
(2006 census)
Main town:Ngaruawahia
Other towns:Huntly, Raglan, Te Kauwhata, Taupiri
Territorial Authority
Name:Waikato District Council
Mayor:Peter Harris
Extent:Hauraki Gulf to (but excludes) Hamilton City; Tasman Sea to Tamahere
Land Area:6,700km²
Website:[1]
See also:Hamilton City, Waipa District
Regional Council
Name:Environment Waikato (Horizons Regional Council)
Website:[2]


The Waikato District is the municipality in the northern Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is administered by the Waikato District Council, whose headquarters are in Ngaruawahia.

The district is centred to the north and west of the city of Hamilton, and takes in much of the northern Waikato Plains and also the coastal Hakarimata hills. The north of the district contains swampy floodplain of the Waikato River, and several small lakes, of which the largest is Lake Waikare.

Other than Ngaruawahia, the main population centres are Huntly, Raglan, and Te Kauwhata. The main industries in the district are dairy farming, forestry, and coal mining. There is a major coal-fired power station at Huntly. Te Kauwhata is at the centre of a major wine region.

The district had a population of 43,959 at the 2006 census. Of these, 6834 lived in Huntly, 5106 in Ngaruawahia, 2637 in Raglan, and 1294 in Te Kauwhata.

NOTE: The district should not be confused with other, more usual, uses of the term Waikato, which refer to a larger region of which this is only a part.

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Ngāruawāhia (pronunciation: /ŋa:ɾuawa:hia/) (pop. 4000) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Peter Harris may refer to:
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Hamilton (Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and is the country's seventh largest city. It is in the Waikato region of the North Island, approximately 130 km south of Auckland.
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Waipa District Council in the Waikato region of New Zealand is a municipality that covers Te Awamutu, Cambridge and several small towns. The seat of the council is at Te Awamutu.
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Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. Exact boundaries of the region depend largely on the use of the name, but in all cases it refers to an area around the city of Hamilton and extending along the banks of the Waikato River.
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municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. A municipality is typically governed by a mayor and a city council or municipal council.
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Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. Exact boundaries of the region depend largely on the use of the name, but in all cases it refers to an area around the city of Hamilton and extending along the banks of the Waikato River.
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Ngāruawāhia (pronunciation: /ŋa:ɾuawa:hia/) (pop. 4000) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Hamilton (Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and is the country's seventh largest city. It is in the Waikato region of the North Island, approximately 130 km south of Auckland.
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The Waikato Plains are a large area of low-lying land in the northwest of the North Island of New Zealand. The plains are the floodplains of the country's longest river, the Waikato.
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Hakarimata Range is a general term given to the hills and coastal ranges of the Waikato region of New Zealand, lying between the floodplain of the Waikato River and the Tasman Sea.
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A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional or periodic flooding.
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Origin Lake Taupo
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Length 425 km (264 mi)
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Location North Island

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Surface area 34 km²

Lake Waikare is the largest of several shallow lakes in the upper floodplain of the Waikato River in New Zealand's North Island.
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Huntly Coordinates: (population 7,067) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand.
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This article is about the New Zealand town of Raglan. For other uses of the term, see Raglan (disambiguation).


Raglan is a small beachside town located 48km west of Hamilton, New Zealand on State Highway 23.
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Te Kauwhata is a small town in the north of the Waikato region of New Zealand, situated close to the western shore of Lake Waikare, some 40 km north of Hamilton. Its population in 2001 was 1077.
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Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry enterprise, for long-term production of milk, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.
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Forestry is the art, science, and practice of studying and managing forests and plantations, and related natural resources. Silviculture, a related science, involves the growing and tending of trees and forests.
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Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually (but not always) from an ore body, vein, or (coal) seam.
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Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. Exact boundaries of the region depend largely on the use of the name, but in all cases it refers to an area around the city of Hamilton and extending along the banks of the Waikato River.
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