Waikato River, Hamilton, New ZealandSunset on the Waikato River, Hamilton, New Zealand.(more) New Zealand is a land of great contrasts and diversity. Active volcanoes, spectacular caves, deep glacier lakes, verdant valleys, dazzling fjords, long sandy beaches, and the spectacular snowcapped peaks...
Draining an area of 1,270 square miles (3,289 square km), the lake receives the upper course of the Waikato River (there called the Tongariro River) from the south and empties by its lower course in the northeast. J.S. Polack and the Rev. Thomas Chapman were the first Europeans to ...
The fighting resumed in theSecond Taranaki War in April 1863 after Governor Grey built an attack road into the Waikato area and drove the Taranaki Māori from theTataraimaka block. While fighting raged in Taranaki once again, theWaikato Warbegan in July 1863, and theWaikato Riverregion, the ...
Waikato River, Hamilton, New ZealandThe Waikato River at Hamilton, New Zealand.(more) The mountainous country of both islands is cut by many rivers, which are swift, unnavigable, and obstructive to communication. The longest is the Waikato, in the North Island, and the swiftest is the Cluth...