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Free entry. Hamilton Gardens is a living museum of gardens from ancient Egypt to the 21st century. Each beautiful garden is a piece of history that celebrates the ideas and beliefs of its age. With more than 1.1 million visitors a year Hamilton Gardens is Hamilton’s number one tourist attraction – and unlike any other public garden in the world. You will enter a world of imagination, exploration, beauty, and inspiration. There is always something new to discover, uncover, and explore.

The Hobbiton Movie Set is a significant location used for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film trilogy, serving as a stand-in for the town of Hobbiton in the Shire in both trilogies. It is situated on a family-run farm about 8 kilometres west of Hinuera and 10 kilometres southwest of Matamata, in Waikato, New Zealand, and is now a Tolkien tourism destination, offering a guided tour of the set. One of New Zealand’s most popular attractions!

On the banks of Lake Karāpiro is Mighty River Domain, an iconic Waipa District Council site and one of New Zealand’s premier event venues. Every year, it showcases a variety of sporting and cultural events and has been the stage for many memorable international sporting events.

Mystery Creek Events Centre is the ideal venue for your event, function or gathering. Located halfway between Hamilton and Cambridge, New Zealand, the purpose-built facility accommodates a variety of events, from exhibitions to music festivals and conferences to gala dinners. Once a year, the venue transforms its 114 hectares of farm and parkland into a thriving event city for Fieldays – the Southern Hemisphere’s largest agricultural event and the ultimate launch platform for cutting-edge technology and innovation.

Cambridge is a majestic tree-lined town that sits at the heart of New Zealand’s rural heartland. Its proximity to many of the North Island’s main towns and cities makes it the ideal location for visitors, businesses and the 18,400 residents who chose to call it home.

The gateway to the central North Island, Hamilton, or Kirikiriroa in Maori, is New Zealand’s largest inland city, straddling the superb Waikato River. From magnificent parks and gardens to a thriving cultural precinct, the city offers a vibrant combination of fine dining and nightlife options as well as an eclectic mix of leisure, lifestyle and activity choices.

The Grassroots Velodrome is one of the Waikato’s dominating sports and leisure facility, appropriately located in Cambridge the heart of Waipa, ‘Home of Champions’ territory. This world-class facility is centred around the purpose built 250m wooden cycling velodrome, and is host to a range of other high performance sport and community facilities.

At the centre of New Zealand’s North Island is sparkling Lake Taupō. As you travel around the lake, you will find every landscape you can imagine: snow-blanketed winter ski fields and alpine deserts, ancient forests alive with birdsong, trout-filled rivers and the thundering Huka Falls, steaming geothermal valleys with rejuvenating hot springs, and three towering volcanoes in the awesome and otherworldly landscape of Tongariro National Park.

Home to New Zealand’s Waitomo Glow Worm Caves, Waitomo is a place where time and space stand still. Located in the heart of New Zealand, moments of real magic, nature and adventure exist both above and below ground.

Rotorua is surrounded by stunning natural and unique environments. Discover the history of Rotorua’s Geothermal eco-system, feel invigorated by the healing waters, relax and unwind in Rotorua’s lakes and forest and experience the best of manaakitanga with a traditional Maori culture experience.