HUNTLY
Huntly is a growing town
90kms south of Auckland on state highway one that for a growing number
is a commute to Auckland. The population of Huntly approaches 8,000
people.
It is
situated on the North Island Main Trunk Railway and straddles the
Waikato River.
Huntly is and has been a mining town that to this day remains active.
Huntly is also a key generator of electricity for the region.
The Huntly museum is worth a good look over. The museum covers in
depth the history of the coal mines and the mining disasters that have
occurred.

Huntly is a working class town is proud of that heritage.
The ‘old’ buildings in Huntly are well preserved.
Huntly is a town that deserves a good look over.

When migrants
settled the town sometime in the 1850’s and the Huntly name was
adopted in the 1870s when the postmaster named it after Huntly;
Aberdeenshire in Scotland He used an old 'Huntley Lodge' stamp to
stamp mail from the early European settlement.
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