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The area now covered by the city was originally the site of a handful of Māori villages, including Kirikiriroa ("long stretch of gravel'), from which the city takes its Māori name.

By the time British settlers arrived, most of these villages, which sat beside the Waikato River, were abandoned. Missionaries arrived in the area in the 1830s.

At the end of the Waikato Campaign in the New Zealand Wars the four regiments of the Waikato Militia were settled as a peace-keeping force across the region. The 1st Regiment was at Tauranga, the 2nd at Pirongia, the 3rd at Cambridge and the 4th at Hamilton. The settlement founded on 24 August, 1864 and named after Captain John Charles Fane Hamilton, the popular Scottish commander of HMS Esk, who was killed in the battle of Gate Pa, Tauranga.

The road from Auckland reached Hamilton in 1867 and the railway in December 1877 the same month Hamilton became a borough.

Hamilton was proclaimed a city in 1945.

The city is near the southernmost navigable reach of the Waikato River, amidst New Zealand's richest and most fertile agricultural land. Initially an agricultural service centre, it now has a growing and diverse economy.

The centre of the city, on the Waikato River, is a bustling retail precinct. The entertainment area is quite vibrant due to the large student population.

Hamilton has the second-largest collection of cafés in the country—second only to Ponsonby Road in Auckland.

However, Hamilton still struggles with the arguably undeserved nickname of 'Cowtown' due to its origins as a rural service centre.

A more common nickname of "Hamiltron: the city of the future" is a gently ironic epithet for the city.

As of 2007, the city continues to grow rapidly.

CLIMATE

Hamilton has a temperate, damp climate, with about 1,184 mm (46.6 in) of rainfall annually. Thick fog is common on winter mornings, and often lasts until late morning.

Daily maximum temperatures range from about 22° to 26 °C (72°–79 °F) in January and February to 10° to 15 °C (50°–59 °F) in July and August. Summer occasionally sees temperatures of more than 30 °C (86 °F), while on clear winter mornings temperatures may drop to as low as −5 °C (23 °F). Snow however is practically unknown

Hamilton is one of the few cities in the world that has a near-exact antipodal city – Córdoba, Spain.

Education and research are important to the city, through the University of Waikato, and the Waikato Institute of Technology. Research at the Ruakura center has been responsible for much of New Zealand's innovation in agriculture.

ATTRACTIONS AND FACILITIES

Hamilton Gardens is the region's most popular tourist attraction and hosts the Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival each year.
Hamilton Zoo
Waikato Museum
Arts Post art gallery
SkyCity casino.
Just 20 minutes' drive away is Ngaruawahia, the location of Turangawaewae Marae and the home of Māori King Tuheitia Paki.
Hamilton has 6 public libraries located throughout the city
Hamilton City Theaters provides professional venue and event management at three theatrical venues in the city
- Founders Theater
- Clarence St Theater
- The Meteor theater.
The Hamilton New Zealand Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is located in Temple View, Hamilton. It was opened along with the Church College of New Zealand, a large high school owned by the church, in the late 1950s. Both the college and the temple were built by labour missionaries. Every year, the Temple hosts a large Christmas lighting show which attracts large crowds from all over the country.
Hamilton host a number of annual events that are centered around the Waikato River which flows through the city - These events include The Great Race (rowing), and The Bridge To Bridge Ski Race.

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