Joyful and triumphant - Tron tree tops the lot

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Hamilton’s civic Christmas tree is the largest of all the four main centres, and on par with them in terms of ratepayer funding.

Of Aotearoa’s four main centres - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Hamilton - the city’s tree stands at a whopping 27m to the tip of its star and is by far the tallest.

Back in 2012, former Hamilton mayor Julie Hardaker was keen to turn the city into New Zealand's Christmas capital, but received a grinch-like response from some locals.

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