at Claudelands, renamed Hamilton Racing Club in 1916 and moving to at Te Rapa in 1924. Facilities and hospitalities include a members' facility and private suites. Major races held at the Te Rapa racecourse include: Waikato Cup over 2400m in early December. Waikato Sprint over 1400m in February. New Zealand International Stakes also known as the Herbie Dyke Stakes, a weight-for-age event over 2000m in February. Waterworld Waterworld (also known as Te Rapa Pools) is a Hamilton city council-owned pool complex in Te Rapa. In addition to the main facilities, the venue also includes a range of other options including a spa, sauna and steam rooms as well as an outdoor playground. Rides offered at Waterworld include The Python Hydroslide, the Twister Slide and The Screamer Speedslides. The complex was officially opened in late 1976, 15 years after Hamilton Jaycees suggested a new swimming pool complex in Fairfield Park. The suggestion led to an adopted proposal in 1964 to mark the city's centennial and in 1973 the decision was made to instead build the complex in Te Rapa. Transport Road Immediately after the invasion of the Waikato, in 1864, there was just a track across the area linking Mangaharakeke (or Manuharakeke) Pā and Kirikiriroa Pā. By 1870 bridges had been built over the streams. An 1875 report said the bridges at Waitawhiriwhiri, Mangaharakeke, Beere's Creek and Hall's Creek, between Ngāruawāhia and Hamilton on the Great South Road, had been replaced, or repaired. Until Mangaharakeke Dr opened in 2012, much of the 1860s road, now known as Te Rapa Rd, was part of SH1. See also - List of streets in Hamilton. Railway Te Rapa railway station opened when the North Island Main Trunk was extended from Ngāruawāhia to Hamilton on 19 December 1877. Te Rapa is at the northern end of the section to Palmerston North, electrified in 1988. Electrification ends just north of the post (distance north of Wellington). A locomotive depot and marshalling yard incorporated the Racecourse station site. There is also a concrete sleeper factory at Te Rapa. Te Rapa Racecourse station £720 was spent to open Te Rapa Racecourse passenger platform, near the south-west end of the course, on 15 October 1924. The mileage to the middle of the Racecourse platform was reported as in 1924 (Frankton Jct was from Auckland in 1882, but that station was moved north in 1909). The first excursions seem to