Story: Waikato region

Hamilton in 1956

By 1956, when this documentary about Waikato was made, Hamilton was a city and the centre of a wealthy dairy-farming region. Post-war growth was also evident in the nearby dormitory towns of Cambridge and Te Awamutu, and in other farming centres such as Morrinsville and Matamata.

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Reference: People of the Waikato. National Film Unit, 1956

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Nancy Swarbrick, Waikato region – European settlement and population, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/27101/hamilton-in-1956 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 26 May 2010, updated 1 July 2015.

Comments

Jamie Linehan
04 November 2021

Is it possible to view the full version of this documentary?