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Waikato Region / Waikato River. The Waikato is the largest river in New Zealand, I think that means the longest. It begins at Taupo, but flows directly thru the city of Hamilton which has been built around it.
Hamilton is known as the Garden city, and also the River city.
If any of you are familiar with the show "Rocky Horror Picture Show" then you may be interested to know that guy who wrote it, Richard O'Brien, thought up a lot of ideas for the show while hairdressing in Hamilton and going to the old Embassy theatre here. Soon the city is to commemorate his being, by building a statue of Riff Raff, the character he actually played in the movie. Rumour has it that the statue will be built by Weta Productions who did all the special effects for Lord of the Rings. |
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River Boat The Waipa Delta riverboat restaurant. |
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| Pros: | "Smaller city with less pressure and not too far from Auckland." | | Cons: | "Too far from the coast and the winter thick fogs!" | | In A Nutshell: | "This is the ignored city but those living there love it." |
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Lhenne1 Wed Jun 25, 2008 22:39 UTC
Your pictures are great. Thanks for sharing all the great tips! | canuck68 Sat Feb 2, 2008 04:24 UTC
That was a nice tour of Hamilton. I enjoyed the tips and pictures. | iaint Sun Sep 30, 2007 20:56 UTC
my son wears an otago shirt for his rugby practice; it'll be too small soon, so maybe waikato next time! | angiebabe Thu Sep 6, 2007 13:23 UTC
Xlent page and balloon and lake shots!!i got to the one at Chateau Douex this year in Switz and it was excellent too - surrounded by swiss mtns - yours is great surrounded by fantastic kiwi beauty!what camera do yu use? |
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