Hamilton Business Services
Population:
120,000.
Major Industry: Manufacturing, road and rail transport hub, agricultural service centre to surrounding pastoral region - particularly dairy and thoroughbred related, retail, research and development, education.
Meeting Options:
Mystery Creek exhibition venue, Waikato Events Centre for conventions and exhibitions, hotels seat up to 600 theatre-style. A selection of smaller meeting facilities in hotels and motels.
Getting Your Bearings The Waikato River is never far away and runs parallel to the main street, Victoria Street. You'll find hotels, shopping and dining on Victoria Street and clustered around Garden Place in the centre of town. The best motel selection is to the north on Ulster Street.
Business Overview The Waikato region is regarded as one of the most fertile and productive pastoral regions in the world and is the centre of New Zealand's dairying and thoroughbred industries. Hamilton has a technology based research and development focus. It is an important manufacturing centre and has a strong academic sector (University of Waikato, Waikato Polytechnic).