Waikato River
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The Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand, running for 425 kilometres through the North Island. It starts on the eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu, joining the Tongariro River system and flo
The Waikato River passing through Hamilton
The Waikato River rushing through the Huka Falls canyon at Taupō
The mouth and estuary at Port Waikato
Ohakuri Dam, midway between Taupō, Rotorua and Hamilton
Waikato
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The Waikato is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipā District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki,
Waikato River
…Huka Falls, and flows northwest through the Waikato Plains. It empties into the Tasman Sea south of Auckland, at Port Waikato. It gives its name to the Waikato region that surrounds the Waikato Plains. The present course of the river was largely formed about 17,000 years ago. Contributing factors were climate…
Landscape of Waikato
Hamilton, the most populous city in the Waikato region
Māori woman with a representation of the Waikato Ancestress "Te Iringa"