Raglan is a seaside town and surrounding district associated with Whaingaroa Harbour (also known as Raglan Harbour) on the west coast of the Waikato region in New Zealand's North Island. Image File history File links Location map of Raglan, New Zealand File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Waikato is the name of a region in the North Island of New Zealand. ... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ...

The harbour runs about 12km inland from the entrance and for the most part is less than 2km wide, and is the northernmost of three large inlets in the Waikato coast.

The town is on the southern side of the harbour entrance, 48km west of Hamilton, and has a population of 3.100 (census 2001). It's nestled under the mountain of Mt Karioi. Māori legend has it the Karioi was a jilted Maori Princess whom, upon discovering that love was lost, lay down and rests until this day. Hamilton is New Zealands fourth-largest metropolitan area. ... For the Māori language, see Māori language. ...

Eight kilometres from the Raglan township is Manu Bay, which features what is claimed to be longest, most accessible and consistent left-hand surf break in the southern hemisphere. On a good day a surfer can ride the wave for a distance of two kilometres. Manu Bay was featured in the movie Endless Summer. Surfing outside Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. ... The Endless Summer is one of the first and most influential films of the surf movie genre, creating and defining an entire category of cinema which has endured and evolved for the past 40 years since its release in 1966. ...

The town was named after Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Lord Raglan, who was the commander of British forces in the Crimean War at the time the township was settled in 1855. Field Marshal Lord Raglan during the Crimean War, portrait by Roger Fenton, ca. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Second French Empire, Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Sardinia Imperial Russia Strength 250,000 British 400,000 French 10,000 Sardinian 1,200,000 Russian Casualties 17,500 British 90,000 French 35,000 Turkish 2,050 Sardinian killed, wounded and died of... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

External links

• Open Directory Project: Raglan
• Raglan Weather
• Raglan Community Information
• Tourism Waikato
• Raglan Surf