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For the village in Tunisia, please see Matamata, Tunisia.
For the turtle see Mata mata.


Matamata is a rural Waikato town in New Zealand with a total population of around 12,000 (6,000 in rural areas, 6,000 in the township). It is located near the base of the Kaimai Ranges, and is a thriving farming area known for Thoroughbred bloodstock. It is part of the Matamata Piako district Matamata-Piako District Council, taking in the surrounding rural areas as well as Morrinsville and Te Aroha.

State Highway 27 and the Kinleith Branch railway run through the town.

A nearby farm was the location for the Hobbiton set in Peter Jackson's film trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. A "Welcome to Hobbiton" sign has been placed on the main road. By an unusual coincidence, the world's only other Matamata - Matamata, Tunisia - was a site used during filming of George Lucas's Star Wars trilogy.

Matamata is also the home of various media outlets, including studios for iTV Live, FamilyTV Waikato.BOP and TV Rotorua, which is unusual for a town of such size.

New Zealand Representatives

Media

Schools

All Town Schools Secondary Schools/Colleges Intermediate Schools Primary Schools Pre School & Kindergarten Religion Based Schools

External links

See also

Other villages in Matamata area

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Motto
Hurriya, Nidham, 'Adala
"Liberty, Order, Justice"
Anthem
Himat Al Hima
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Matmâta (also spelled Matamata) is a small village in southern Tunisia. Some of the local Berber residents live in traditional underground 'troglodyte' structures.

The structures typical for the village are created by digging a large pit in the ground.
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Chelus

Species: C. fimbriatus

Binomial name
Chelus fimbriatus
Duméril, 1806

The mata mata (binomial name Chelus fimbriatus
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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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Anthem
"God Defend New Zealand"
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Capital Wellington

Largest city Auckland
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population is the collection of people or organisms of a particular species living in a given geographic area or mortality, and migration, though the field encompasses many dimensions of population change including the family (marriage and divorce), public health, work and the
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The Kaimai Range is a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand. It can be seen as a continuation southwards of the hills of the Coromandel Peninsula, and separates the Waikato in the west from the Bay of Plenty in the east.
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Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known as a race horse. While carefully bred racehorses had existed throughout Europe for centuries prior to this time, the breed as it is known today developed during the 17th century in England when English mares began to be bred to imported
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The Matamata-Piako District is a local government area in the Waikato region of New Zealand. It lies to the east of the city of Hamilton.

The district encompasses the southern end of the Hauraki Plains and much of the Thames Valley, and is bounded in the east by the Kaimai
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Morrinsville is a town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated around 33 kilometres east of Hamilton and 22 kilometres west of Te Aroha, close to the banks of the Piako River. It has a population of approximately 6000- 7000.
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Te Aroha is a rural town in the Thames Valley region of New Zealand with a population of 3,768 (2006 census). It is 53km northeast of Hamilton and 50 kilometres south of Thames. The name 'Te Aroha' comes from the Māori name of Mount Te Aroha.
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Peter Jackson

Jackson at the premiere of the in Wellington

Born September 31 1961 (1961--) (age 46)
Pukerua Bay, New Zealand

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The Lord of the Rings

Cover design for the three volumes of The Lord of the Rings
Author J. R. R. Tolkien
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy novel
Publisher Allen & Unwin
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Matmâta (also spelled Matamata) is a small village in southern Tunisia. Some of the local Berber residents live in traditional underground 'troglodyte' structures.

The structures typical for the village are created by digging a large pit in the ground.
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George Lucas

Birth name George Walton Lucas Jr.
Born May 14 1944 (1944--) (age 63)
Modesto, California, U.S.
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Brendon Leonard
Full name Brendon Leonard
Date of birth 16 1985 (age 0)
Place of birth Morrinsville, New Zealand
Height
Weight 91 kg (0 lb)
Nickname soups, harry, baldy

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New Zealand

Union New Zealand Rugby Football Union
Nickname(s) All Blacks

Coach Graham Henry

Captain Richie McCaw
Most caps Sean Fitzpatrick (92)
Top scorer
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The Silver Ferns is the national netball team of New Zealand, and are named after the Silver Tree Fern (Cyathea dealbata). They are coached by Ruth Aitken and their governing body is Netball New Zealand.
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Lance Anthony O'Sullivan (born 28 August 1963 in New Zealand) was one of New Zealand's most well-known jockeys, now retired.

He won a record number of races totalling 2479, mainly in the 1980s including the 1989 Japan Cup on champion mare Horlicks, which broke the world
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Nicola Jane Browne (b. 14 September, 1983) in Matamata. She is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand in the women's one-day internationals and plays for the Northern Districts in the State League. She also played in the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
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Matamata College is a decile 7 school with an attendance of approximately 850 widely multicultural students. It has a large number of academic and sporting achievements. Matamata College is located in the small rural community of Matamata in the Waikato in New Zealand.
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Te Poi is a small village in rural Waikato, New Zealand, nestled at the base of the scenic Kaimai Ranges. Te Poi is part of a thriving farming area, particularly for dairying, thoroughbred horse breeding and cropping.
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Waharoa is a rural community in New Zealand.

Waharoa is the railway junction of the Kinleith Branch railway with the East Coast Main Trunk railway.

State Highway 27 runs through the town.
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