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Contact Opportunity Hamilton - Economic Development Agency

 

 

Email: team@opportunityhamilton.co.nz
Phone: (07) 959 8693
Facsimile: (07) 959 1629

Postal address: PO Box 19209, Hamilton 3244

Physical address: Wintec House, The Business Floor, cnr Ward and Anglesea Street, Hamilton

 


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 The natural resources surrounding Hamilton - including its forests, lakes, rivers, and mountains - provide opportunities for tramping, bush-walking, and other types of outdoor recreation.  The borough of Hamilton was established on 27 October 1877 and Hamilton became a city on 13 December 1945.  Hamilton’s Maori name is Kirikiriroa meaning long stretch of gravel.  New Zealand’s longest river, the Waikato, flows for 16km through the city.  Mild climate and moderate year round rainfall keep the city and surrounding area very green.  Mean temperatures - 18C in January (summer) and 9C in July (winter).  Hamilton has135 parks and gardens and 58 sports areas and over 1,000 hectares of open space.  Hamilton has 3 public swimming pools and over 55 kms of walkways in parks and reserves.