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.