Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river of New Zealand rising in central North Island and flowing about 425 km (265 mi) northwest to the Tasman Sea. It is the longest river in the country.
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Examples
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Canterbury and the Waikato are the areas most commonly cited and this is being exacerbated by large scale intensive dairying.
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And for powerhouses at risk of elimination such as Waikato, they will be hoping it's a case of better late than never as the Mooloos get the Round Ten action underway against Taranaki on Thursday.
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McGeechan has bought an All Black fly-half of his own and Stephen Donald, once of Waikato, was due to arrive on Sunday, exactly two weeks after kicking the penalty that won the Webb Ellis Cup.
Harlequins' Chris Robshaw should captain England, says Conor O'Shea 2011
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We saw Eddie on his laptop in an airport lounge, in a hotel room, in an empty stadium, and on a tightrope 200 feet above the Waikato River I may have dreamed that one.
Forty years on: When we saw fantasy rugby in New Zealand | Martin Kelner 2011
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I was very tempted to go back and coach the Waikato Chiefs after the World Cup.
Warren Gatland is desperate to make a winning difference with Wales | Donald McRae 2011
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Priestland failed to land the conversion and for 13 minutes Samoa hammered at the line, only to be sent packing when No 8 Toby Faletau performed the final Welsh rescue act of the night and make Warren Gatland's return to his home town and the Waikato Stadium a winning one.
Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales survive scare against Samoa 2011
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Cooper has long been reviled by New Zealand's rugby followers on account of his upbringing in the country—he's from the Waikato town of Tokoroa—and a long-running feud with revered All Blacks captain Richie McCaw .
All Blacks Advance to Rugby Final Jonathan Clegg 2011
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The verdict of the former All Blacks Sean Fitzpatrick and Richard Loe was that Test rugby was a step too far for the Waikato man.
Why Leicester's Peter Wheeler may hold the key to player release deal Ian Malin 2010
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Pastural land in the Waikato Region, near the Taupo Volcanic
Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies 2009
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The digitisation project was managed by the National Library of New Zealand in collaboration with “the Māori Purposes Fund Board for its support in granting permission to digitise, the University of Waikato Library, which supplied records from its Te Ao Hou index database and the New Zealand Electronic Text Centre.”
Archive 2007-05-01 2007
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