A GREAT RIDE HEART OF THE WAIKATO

Gary Patterson

WAIKATO WAIKATO RIVER TRAILS -38.051019, 175.780036 I grew up in Hamilton at a time when the city (like myself as a teenager) was struggling with its identity. Most locals would say the most appealing feature of the locality was that it was ‘close to everything’. It was close to Auckland, the coastal beaches and the mountains for skiing. Sadly the city was known as a place close to elsewhere. Keeping up with the slogans for the city during the ’80s was like trying to remember the Rocky sequels, each one blending into the other. What was firstly the ‘Fountain City’ became ‘Where it’s happening’, ‘Hamilton more than you expect’, ‘Hamilton – City of the Future’, ‘hamiltON’ and now unofficially ‘The Tron’. I have long considered a more apt name would…

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NZ Today (Digital) - 1 Issue, No 79 Apr-May 18

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