Waikato
The Waikato is a region of the North Island of New Zealand that lies to the south of Auckland and is named for the Waikato River that traverses its length.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Hamilton and Matamata.
Hamilton
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Hamilton is an inland city in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. In 2020, Hamilton was awarded the title of most beautiful large city in New Zealand. Hamilton Gardens is the region's most popular tourist attraction.
Matamata
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Matamata is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is one of the main departure points for the Hobbiton Movie Set, which is out in the countryside.
Cambridge
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Cambridge is a tree-lined town with a very English feel, known as the Town of Trees. It is in the Waikato region of New Zealand, 24 km from the city of Hamilton.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Coromandel Peninsula and Waitomo.
Coromandel Peninsula
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The Coromandel Peninsula on the north-east coast of the North Island of New Zealand has a small permanent population, but is a popular holiday destination year-round, and especially in summer.
Waitomo
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Waitomo is a district in the North Island of New Zealand whose main feature is its limestone caves and their glowworm inhabitants, a major tourist attraction.
Te Kuiti
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Te Kuiti is a small town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is known as the "Sheep Shearing Capital of the World" and hosts the famous Great New Zealand Muster and Running of the Sheep in April each year.
Te Awamutu
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Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is a service town for the farming communities that surround it. Te Awamutu is located on SH3, one of the major routes used when touring the North Island of New Zealand.
Raglan
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Raglan is a seaside town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand, best known for surfing and its arts scene.
Pirongia
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Pirongia is a little village about 30 minutes drive south of Hamilton, in southern Waikato, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the base of Mount Pirongia. There is a little info centre in town that will give you hiking info and where to go.
Waikato
- Type: region of New Zealand with 528,000 residents
- Description: region in North Island, New Zealand
- Also known as: “Waikato Region”
- Neighbors: Auckland Region, Bay of Plenty, Hawke’s Bay, and Taranaki
- Location: North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Waikato” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “إقليم وايكاتو”
- Aragonese: “Waikato”
- Armenian: “Ուակիթո”
- Balinese: “Waikato”
- Basque: “Waikato eskualdea”
- Belarusian: “Вайката”
- Belarusian: “Рэгіён Вайката”
- Bengali: “ওয়াইকাতু অঞ্চল”
- Bengali: “ওয়াইকাতো অঞ্চল”
- Bulgarian: “Уайкато”
- Catalan: “Waikato”
- Cebuano: “Waikato”
- Chinese: “Waikato Tōa-khu”
- Chinese: “怀卡托”
- Chinese: “懷卡托”
- Croatian: “Waikato”
- Czech: “Waikato (region)”
- Czech: “Waikato”
- Danish: “Waikato Region”
- Dutch: “Waikato”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اقليم وايكاتو”
- Egyptian Arabic: “وايكاتو”
- Esperanto: “regiono Waikato”
- Esperanto: “Waikato”
- Estonian: “Waikato piirkond”
- Finnish: “Waikaton maakunta”
- French: “Région du Waikato”
- French: “Waikato”
- Galician: “Waikato”
- Georgian: “ვაიკატოს რეგიონი”
- Georgian: “უაიკატოს რეგიონი”
- German: “NZ-WKO”
- German: “Waikato Region”
- German: “Waikato”
- Greek: “Γουαϊκάτο”
- Gujarati: “વાઇકાટો પ્રદેશ”
- Hebrew: “ואיקטו”
- Hindi: “वाइकाटो क्षेत्र”
- Hungarian: “Waikato régió”
- Hungarian: “Waikato”
- Indonesian: “Waikato”
- Irish: “Réigiún Waikato”
- Italian: “Waikato”
- Japanese: “ワイカト”
- Japanese: “ワイカト地方”
- Kannada: “ವೈಕಾಟೊ ಪ್ರದೇಶ”
- Korean: “와이카토 지방”
- Korean: “와이카토”
- Latvian: “Vaikato reģions”
- Latvian: “Vaikato”
- Lithuanian: “Vaikato regionas”
- Macedonian: “Ваикато”
- Malay: “Wilayah Waikato”
- Maori: “Waikato”
- Marathi: “वाइकाटो प्रदेश”
- Marathi: “वैकाटो”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Waikato Tōa-khu”
- Moroccan Arabic: “جيهة وايكاتو”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Waikato”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Waikato”
- Norwegian: “Waikato”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Waikato”
- Persian: “وایکاتو”
- Polish: “Waikato”
- Portuguese: “Waikato”
- Romanian: “Waikato”
- Russian: “Вайкато”
- Russian: “Уаикато”
- Russian: “Уайкато”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Waikato Region”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Waikato”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Waikato”
- Sinhala: “වයිකටෝ කලාපය, නවසීලන්තය”
- Sinhala: “වයිකටෝ කලාපය”
- Slovenian: “Waikato”
- Spanish: “Región de Waikato”
- Spanish: “Waikato”
- Swedish: “Waikato”
- Tagalog: “Waikato”
- Tamil: “வைகாடோ பகுதி”
- Telugu: “వైకాటో ప్రాంతం”
- Thai: “ไวกาโต”
- Turkish: “Waikato Bölgesi”
- Turkish: “Waikato”
- Ukrainian: “Ваїкато”
- Urdu: “وائکاٹو”
- Vietnamese: “Khu vực Waikato”
- Western Armenian: “Ուայքաթօ”
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