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The Hamilton Urban Area is a New Zealand urban area in the Waikato region. It is the fourth-largest urban area in the country with a population of 241,200. At its centre is Hamilton City, New Zealand's fourth-largest territorial authority. While rural land separates Hamilton from many of the nearby towns, there is significant economic and ...
The Waikato Expressway is a dual carriageway section of State Highway 1 (SH 1) in New Zealand's Waikato region. Constructed in stages, it forms part of the link between Auckland and Hamilton. Currently stretching from Auckland to south of Cambridge, [1] the first section of the highway was built in 1993. [2]
The Hamilton City Council is building a 2/4-lane arterial road, Wairere Drive, through the northern and eastern suburbs to form a 25 km suburban ring road with State Highway 1, which is due for completion in early 2015, [46] while the New Zealand Transport Agency plans to complete the Hamilton section of the Waikato Expressway by 2019, easing ...
Waikato District had a population of 85,968 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 10,350 people (13.7%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 22,590 people (35.6%) since the 2013 census. There were 43,305 males, 42,426 females and 234 people of other genders in 28,401 dwellings.
The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, [1] is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is 113,729 square kilometres (43,911 sq mi), [ 2 ] making it the world's 14th-largest island .
Territorial authorities in Waikato region before 2010. The Waikato (/ ˈ w aɪ k ɑː t ɔː /) is a region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipa District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupō District, and parts of the Rotorua Lakes ...
In prose, the two main islands of New Zealand are called the North Island and the South Island, with the definite article. [8] It is also normal to use the preposition in rather than on, for example "Hamilton is in the North Island", "my mother lives in the North Island". [9] Maps, headings, tables, and adjectival expressions use North Island ...
The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland. The line is 682 kilometres (424 mi) long, built to the New Zealand rail gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) and serves the large cities of Palmerston North and Hamilton.