The Waikato is the fourth largest region in New Zealand, covering 25,000 square kilometres. It stretches from the Bombay Hills and Port Waikato in the north down to the Kaimai Ranges and Mt Ruapehu in the south, and from Mokau on the west coast across to the Coromandel Peninsula in the east.
We have one city (Hamilton) and 10 districts, three of which lie across the regional boundary.
In 2013, 403,638 people usually live in the Waikato region – about three quarters of them in urban areas. This is an increase of 22,815 people, or 6.0 percent, since the 2006 Census. The Waikato region has 9.5 percent of New Zealand's population. Our region contains:
Find out where the local authority boundaries are on our map below. Contact details for the relevant local authorities are on the table below the map. You can also check out our maps of our region's coastal marine areas to see where our region's boundary extends offshore.
District council | Contact details |
Hamilton City Council(external link) | Private Bag 3010 Hamilton 3240 Ph: (07) 838 6699 Fax: (07) 838 6599 Email: info@hcc.govt.nz |
P O Box 17 Paeroa 3600 Ph: (07) 862 8609 Fax: (07) 862 8607 Email: info@hauraki-dc.govt.nz |
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Matamata-Piako District Council(external link) | P O Box 266 35 Kenrick Street Te Aroha Ph: (07) 884 0060 or (07)881 9050 Email: info@mpdc.govt.nz |
P O Box 11 Maniapoto Street Otorohanga Ph: (07) 873 8199 Fax: (07) 873 7991 Email: info@otodc.govt.nz |
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Rotorua District Council(external link) | Private Bag 3029 Rotorua Mail Centre Rotorua 3046 Ph: (07) 348 4199 Fax: (07) 346 3143 Email: mail@rdc.govt.nz |
Private Bag 7 Tokoroa 2392 Ph: (07) 885 0340 Fax: (07) 885 0718 Email: info@southwaikato.govt.nz |
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Taupō District Council(external link) | Private Bag 2005 Taupō 3352 Ph: (07) 376 0899 Fax: (07) 378 0118 Email: general@taupo.govt.nz |
Private Bag Thames Ph: (07) 868 0200 Fax: (07) 868 0234 Email: customer.services@tcdc.govt.nz |
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Waikato District Council(external link) | Private Bag 544 Ngaruawahia Ph: (07) 824-8633 Fax: (07) 824-5808 Email: customerfirst@waidc.govt.nz |
Private Bag 2402 Te Awamutu Ph: (07) 872 0030 Fax: (07) 872 0033 Email: info@waipadc.govt.nz |
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Waitomo District Council(external link) | P O Box 404 Te Kuiti Ph: (07) 878 0800 Fax: (07) 878 7771 Email: waitomodc@waitomo.govt.nz |