The City That Almost Was # 2 (South Waikato) Traditional Cache

Tokoroa or more affectional known by locals as "Toke" is the fifth-largest town in the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand and largest settlement in the South Waikato district. Located 30 km southwest of Rotorua, close to the foot of the Mamaku Ranges, it is mid-way between Taupo and Hamilton on State Highway One.

The economic lifeblood of Tokoroa is forestry, centred on the nearby Carter Holt Harvey Kinleith Mill; and dairy farming. In 1995, Fonterra built the southern hemisphere's largest cheese factory in Lichfield,[6] some 5 km north of the town. Recently, due to an increase in dairy prices, large amounts of previously forested land are being converted into farmland.

Tokoroa is the city that almost was. In golden days, she went ding!ding!ding! like straight cherries on a slot machine, hijacked on the final row by a rogue dollar sign. She was 2000 people away from becoming a city in the 1980s, when the Kinleith Mill hired people to do what machines were about to do.

Parking for your car beside Ireland Reserve, then a walk beside the Matarawa Stream. In wet or damp conditions can be slippery, wear suitable footwear please. First To Find: squirrel nutcase