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Loved by the locals: Raglan
Almost 30 years ago surfboard maker Craig Hughes arrived in town with his wife and their sons and set up...
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Learn to surf in Raglan while you're here. © Paul Abbitt
Loved by the locals: Waitomo
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About 31km west of Waitomo on Te Anga Road, a 10-minute bushwalk will take you to a viewing platform of...
Loved by the locals: South Waikato
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If you’re a cheese fan, this boutique cheese factory in the heart of dairy country is well worth a visit.
Loved by the locals: Waipā
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This antique store has been part of the Cambridge township forever and my favourite place is the cabinet at the...
Loved by the locals: Hamilton
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Perhaps the city's most popular drawcard to out of towners, the Hamilton Gardens is also a well-loved spot for locals,...
Hamilton: what’s not to love?
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New Zealand’s longest river charges through the Waikato for 425 kilometres and for 16 of those, it makes its way...
South Waikato: bliss in the farmlands
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Oxford was the name first given to the small South Waikato town of Tīrau, a place that peeps out from...
Northwest Waikato: surfing the endless wave
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In the 1966 cult surfing movie Endless Summer, filmmaker Bruce Brown follows two surfers, Mike Hynson and Robert August, on...
Waipā: a slice of royalty in the Waikato
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Every little girl wants to get married in the white church on the corner as you drive into Cambridge.
East Waikato: discovering Middle Earth
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Of all the names for the area that contains our country’s biggest river, I like The Mighty Waikato best.
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