Glen Murray, New Zealand

Glen Murray is a rural community in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island, on Highway 22, about 6 km (3.7 mi) up the Tikotiko Stream from Lake Whangape.

[8] In 1864 the area was described as inaccessible to the British troops in the Invasion of the Waikato, due to the swamps and bush.

[11] As part of a policy of opening up land for settlement under the deferred payment scheme, the Government built bridleways from the Waikato River, to give access to two 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) blocks.

By 1881, 10 mi (16 km) had been opened as far as Glen Murray, through heavy swamp at the Churchill end.

[13] Earlier, in 1894, Parliament had been asked to "have obstructions in the shape of eel weirs removed from the navigable creeks flowing from Whangape Lake into the Waikato River, to enable steamers now running on the Waikato River to carry goods for settlers in that district.