Thread: Living and hunting in Hamilton.

It's foggy all the time, rainy and dreary for all of the winter months and chokingly humid in the summer. I moved to Christchurch and found that it felt considerably warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer, which is wrong on both counts, but because it's drier and less humid it's way more liveable.

No close hunting. No close outdoor activities really. Closest beach is raglan which is good for surfing but worse for everything else compared to the beaches around Nelson.

There's a few decent pubs and bars but in general the town centre is dead and shit. Feels like I've travelled back in time to the early 90s when I visit.

Housing prices are getting up there. Parents sold a house for 650k about 4 years ago and it just went for $900k. If you do your research regarding town planning and possible property investment law changes etc you might be able to ride the wave of a property investment while you're there, because it's expanding and will eventually become south-south-auckland.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend.

Cambridge is nicer than Hamilton, nice easy commute.
Mt Maunganui is about an hour away if your into the beach thing. Very good fishing out from Raglan, good fishing and launching out from Tauranga. Coromandel is pretty handy. Everything from Sanapper to Marlin available.Heaps of thermal hot springs.
Ruapehu is about 3 hours away for awesome skiing and snow boarding.
Kaimanawas are 2 and a bit hours away for Sika, Reds less than an hour away in the Kaimais, 2 hours to Pureora and 3 hours to Whirinaki.
Very good trout fishing in the hydro lakes and Rotorua and Taupo are a couple of hours away. So theres plenty of good options for hunting and fishing.
Cambridge is a good place to live cant comment on Hamilton. House prices have gone up a lot lately but still not as bad a up the road.
Ignore the comments from people that dont actually live here, the Waikato has got heaps going for it, pretty Central to everything you want to do.

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

Ignore the comments from people that dont actually live here, the Waikato has got heaps going for it, pretty Central to everything you want to do.

The people that moved elsewhere have something to compare it to, and aren't trying to kid themselves.

You did sum up one thing about Hamilton quite well - it's at least an hour from anywhere worth going, if not two or three. But there are places to go for a weekend away.