Waipa District

The Waipa District is one of the 70 districts in New Zealand. It lies on the North Island in the Waikato region.

Geography

The Waipa District is located in the center of the Waikato region. Just north is close to the largest city in the region, Hamilton, and the Waikato district. To the east of the Waikato River largely forms the border with the Matamata - Piako District or the South Waikato District, while joining in the south of Otorohanga District.

In the district there are several parks, for example around the nearly 1000 -meter Mount Pirongia, or to the nearly 800 -meter-high Mount Maungatautari.

Population

For New Zealand conditions of the Waipa District has a fairly high population density with about 30 people per square kilometer. The two main towns are Cambridge with almost 14,000 inhabitants and Te Awamutu with about 9500 inhabitants. Although this place is slightly smaller than Cambridge, he is the administrative center of the district. Exceptional is the low percentage of urban population, for only slightly more than half of the population is distributed between the two largest settlements. Te Awamutu attained a relatively high level of awareness, because it is the birthplace of the brothers Tim and Neil Finn, who were known by the bands Split Enz and Crowded House. In Cambridge, the band The Datsuns is located.

Economy

Due to the fertile soils prevail in the District of different types of agriculture before: large part is operated dairy industry, but will also kept sheep or cultivated fruit. In the district each year, the National Agricultural Fieldays, the largest agricultural exhibition held in New Zealand, bringing visitors over New Zealand as well.