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n. 1 A river in New Zealand, the longest in the country, located in the North Island. 2 A region in the north of New Zealand, with the seat and largest city Hamilton.
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Waikato ( or ) is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District. It is governed by the Waikato Regional Council. It is usually referred to by using the definite article: the Waikato.
The region stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment. Other major catchments are those of the Waihou, Piako, Awakino and Mokau rivers. The region is bounded by Auckland on the north, Bay of Plenty on the east, Hawke's Bay on the south-east, and Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki on the south. Waikato Region is the fourth largest region in the country in area and population: It has an area of 25,000 km² and a population of
The region encompasses all or part of eleven territorial authorities, the most of any region of New Zealand. It is centred on the Waikato which consists of Waikato District, Matamata-Piako District, Waipa District, South Waikato District and Hamilton City. In descending order of land area the eleven territorial authorities are Taupo District (part), Waitomo District (part), Waikato District, Thames-Coromandel District, Otorohanga District, South Waikato District, Matamata-Piako District, Waipa District, Hauraki District, Rotorua District (part), and Hamilton City.
The name for the region is taken from the Waikato River; waikato is a Māori word traditionally translated as "flowing water" (specifically, wai = "water" and kato = "the pull of the river current in the sea").
Waikato is a top-tier local government region of New Zealand extending from Thames-Coromandel District to Taupo District.
Waikato may also refer to:
- Waikato District, a second-tier local government region of New Zealand (part of Waikato Region)
- Waikato, area subjected to the 1860s Invasion of the Waikato
- Waikato River, a river
- Waikato (iwi), a Māori tribe
- Waikato (New Zealand electorate), a general electorate
- Hauraki-Waikato, a Māori electorate
- Port Waikato, a small town
- HMNZS Waikato (F55), a frigate
- Waikato Rugby Union, a governing body for rugby union
- Waikato Rugby League, a governing body for rugby league
- Waikato FC, a football (soccer) club
- Waikato Australian Football League
- Diocese of Waikato
- University of Waikato
thumb|right|Waikato electorate boundaries used since the Waikato is the name of a current electorate in the New Zealand Parliament. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1963, and then from 1969 to 1996 when MMP was introduced. The current electorate was re-established for the and has since then been represented by Lindsay Tisch for the National Party.
Usage examples of "waikato".
The object was to make old Potatau king, and to fix as the capital of the new kingdom his village, which lay between the Waikato and Waipa Rivers.
In 1863, after a long and sanguinary struggle, the Maories were entrenched in strong and fortified position on the Upper Waikato, at the end of a chain of steep hills, and covered by three miles of forts.
The heart of the army was the fierce Waikato tribe under William Thompson.
After severe struggles General Cameron succeeded in subduing the Waikato district, but empty and depopulated, for the Maories escaped in all directions.
But instead of following the windings of the coast, he thought it better to make for a point thirty miles off, at the confluence of the Waikato and the Waipa, at the village of Ngarnavahia.
This evening we shall reach the confluence of the Waipa and Waikato, and after that there is not much chance of meeting natives on the way to Auckland.
According to the map which Paganel constantly referred to, the confluence of the Waipa and Waikato ought to be reached about five miles further on, and there the night halt could be made.
Waipa loses itself in the Waikato, with a moaning sound of meeting waves.
They rowed vigorously, and propelled the boat against the not very rapid current of the Waikato, with extraordinary velocity.
The Maori chief, whose principal warriors had been picked off by the soldiers of the 42nd Regiment, was returning to make a final appeal to the tribes of the Waikato district, so that he might go to the aid of the indomitable William Thompson, who was still holding his own against the conquerors.
So he took it quite quietly and followed on the map the course of the Waikato across the plains and valleys of the province.
They had a famous chief, named Hihi, a real Vercingetorix, so that you need not be astonished that the war with the English has become chronic in the Northern Island, for in it is the famous tribe of the Waikatos, who defend their lands under the leadership of William Thompson.