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Huntly Coordinates: (population 7,067) is a town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. It is situated 93 kilometres south of Auckland and 35 kilometres north of Hamilton. It is situated on State Highway 1 and the North Island Main Trunk Railway and straddles the Waikato River.

Huntly was originally known as Rahuipokeka and was founded some time in the 1850s.[1]

Major industries

The town is very well known for its large power station, situated on the western bank of the Waikato River. Huntly power station is New Zealand's largest thermal power station, supplying around 17% of the country's power. The Huntly area is New Zealand's largest producer of coal, producing over 10,000 tonnes a day. The major New Zealand clients for the mined coal are the power station, and the New Zealand Steel mill at Glenbrook.[2]

Huntly is surrounded by rich farmland, and beautiful lakes - used for course fishing, yachting and waterskiing.

Huntly falls within the Waikato District Council and Environment Waikato local government boundaries.

Rugby League

Huntly has a proud rugby league history, at one time the town had four rugby league clubs, they were Taniwharau, Huntly South, Huntly United and Rangiriri Eels. Of these clubs Taniwharau has been the most successful having won 11 straight Waikato premierships during the 1970-80's. Taniwharau also won the inaugural Waicoa Bay championship in 2002 and then again in 2007. The Waicoa Bay championship is a combined rugby league competition involving clubs from Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Coastlines.

A number of Kiwi players have come out of Huntly namely Andy Berryman (Taniwharau), Ricky Muru (Taniwharau), Kevin Fisher (Huntly South), Vaugn O'Callaghan (Huntly South), Tawera Nikau (Rangiriri) and as of late Wairangi Koopu (Taniwharau) and Lance Hohaia (Taniwharau). The town has produced numerous NZ Maori Rugby league representatives.

Tainui

Huntly and its surrounding area is steeped in maori history and falls within the rohe (tribal area) of Waikato-Tainui of the Tainui Waka confederation. Ngati Mahuta and Ngati Whawhakia are the local subtribes within the Huntly area. There are a number of marae in and around Huntly they being Waahi Pa, Te Kauri, Kaitimutimu, Te Ohaaki and further north Maurea and Horahora. Waahi Pa was the official residence of the late Maori Queen Dame Te Atairangikaahu and is currently still the official residence of her son the Maori King Tuheitia Paki.

Huntly is home to Rakaumanga Kura which became one of the first bilingual Schools (Maori/English) in New Zealand in 1984. Raukaumanga became a Kura kaupapa (total immersion, maori as its first language) in 1994 and is now known by the name Te Whare Kura o Rakaumangamanga. The school was first established as a native school in 1896.

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Hamilton (Kirikiriroa in Māori) is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and is the country's seventh largest city. It is in the Waikato region of the North Island, approximately 130 km south of Auckland.
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New Zealand State Highway network consists of just under 100 roads in both the North and South Islands, administered by Transit New Zealand. The open-road speed limit is generally 100 km/h, with reductions in built-up areas and for safety reasons.
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Huntly power station is the largest thermal power station in New Zealand and is located in the town of Huntly in the Waikato. It is operated by Genesis Energy, a state-owned enterprise, and supplies around 17% of the country's power.
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Coal (IPA: /ˈkəʊl/) is a fossil fuel formed in swamp ecosystems where plant remains were saved by water and mud from oxidization and biodegradation.
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New Zealand Steel is a large steel mill located at Glenbrook, New Zealand. It uses a unique method of producing steel from ironsand, abundant on the west coast of the North Island.
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Glenbrook is a rural and industrial area in the Franklin district of New Zealand.

The industrial site, that of New Zealand's major steel mill, New Zealand Steel, is not located close to any towns - the surrounding countryside is occupied by mainly dairy farms.
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Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. Exact boundaries of the region depend largely on the use of the name, but in all cases it refers to an area around the city of Hamilton and extending along the banks of the Waikato River.
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Tawera Nikau
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Full name Tawera Nikau
Date of birth 1 January 1967
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Wairangi Koopu
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Full name Wairangi Koopu
Date of birth March 2 1980 (1980--) (age 27)
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Lance Hohaia
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Full name Lance Hohaia
Date of birth March 1 1983 (1983--) (age 24)
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Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu
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Reign 23 May 1966 – 15 August 2006
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Tuheitia Paki
Māori King
Reign 21 August 2006 – present
Coronation 21 August 2006
Full name Tuheitia Paki
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