Gordonton, New Zealand

Hamilton Ecological District is part of the Waikato Ecological Region in New Zealand's North Island. It occupies the Hamilton basin and surrounding foothills, and has been heavily modified with less than two percent of its indigenous vegetation remaining. This location has been studied significantly including the process of restoration ecology.C. Michael Hogan has classified the undisturbed portions of the woodland area as a beech and podocarp forest with associate understory ferns being Icarus filiformis, Asplenium flaccidum, Doodia media, Hymenophyllum demissum, Zealandia pustulata and Dendroconche scandens, and some prominent associate shrubs being Olearia ranii and Alseuosmia quercifolia.

Puketaha is a rural community in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

Somerset Heights is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand, often known as Huntington, or Rototuna. The name Rototuna is also often used to include Grosvenor, Callum Brae, Huntington and St James. Somerset Heights forms part of Te Manatu census area.In 2000 Somerset Heights Ltd got consent for 107 houses on 13.1 ha (32 acres). Buchanan Place and Westbury Mews were named by Somerset Heights Joint Venture in 2002, using classical English names. A transmission line was taken down and replaced by a cable under Barrington Drive to allow Somerset Heights to be built.The Thomas Homestead at 219 Gordonton Road was built in 1929 on 100 acres (40 ha), part of which is now Somerset Heights.The Rototuna Circular bus has provided a half hourly service through the area since 2018.Waikato Waldorf school and Te Manatu Park are on the edge of Somerset Heights.Alligator weed was a problem in the Somerset Heights sediment pond, requiring it to be dredged in September 2005. Somerset Heights is at the head of Kirikiriroa gully, where cabbage trees, grey willow, hawthorn, Astelia grandis, whekiponga and ferns grow. The area covered wooded sites increased due to vegetation restoration, such as that around the pond.

Horsham Downs is a locality about 9.5 km north of Hamilton. Before 1906, the area was undeveloped, covered with teatree and ferns. After August 1906 sheep and cattle farms were successfully developed.A group of protected areas, the Horsham Downs Wildlife Management Reserves, are located in Horsham Downs.

St James Park is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand by a 2010 map. It was developed by Chedworth/Grasshopper Joint Venture in 2001. In 2012 Hamilton Libraries described it as being in Huntington, as do some valuers and land agents. St James shopping area is in the centre of Rototuna, with a Countdown supermarket, a gym and a Palmers Garden Centre.

Ashmore is a name used for a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand by Hamilton City Council on its 2010 map and by the developer, CDL Land New Zealand Limited. It is more commonly described as being part of Rototuna North. It is in Rototuna Central census area.

Rototuna is a suburb in northern Hamilton, New Zealand, east of Flagstaff. It is one of the newest and fastest-growing suburbs in Hamilton, along with neighbouring Huntington and Flagstaff. Sometimes the name Rototuna is used to collectively refer to all of the city north of Wairere Drive and east of the Waikato River, including Flagstaff, St Petersburg, Magellan Rise, Ashmore, Somerset Heights, St James, Callum Brae and Huntington.Although many Hamilton City publications say it was built on what was previously the bed of an ancient lake of which Rototuna was a tiny remnant, Lake Tunawhakapeka was to the north in Horsham Downs. However, its alternative name of Lake Rototuna, was the inspiration for the name given to a new post office in 1907 and later adopted for the area. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "eel lake" for Rototuna.

Whitikahu is a settlement scattered along Whitikahu Rd in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It has a blueberry farm, a winery, the Senton Sawmill, a fire station, a petrol station and a hall.It is in the Hukanui Waerenga Ward of Waikato District Council.

Callum Brae is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. It part of the Rototuna South census area. Hamilton City Council includes Callum Brae as part of Rototuna. Estate agents refer to the area as Rototuna, which is often used to include Callum Brae and other neighbouring suburbs, such as Grosvenor, Somerset Heights, Huntington and St James. In 2012 Hamilton Libraries said Callum Court is in the suburb of Rototuna. It was named in 2000 by Bramley Ltd., the developer, following a theme of naming all streets in the Callum Brae development with Scottish names.Tauhara Park lies to the west of Callum Brae. Work was done in 2002 to prevent methane from the old Rototuna landfill migrating to Callum Brae and monitoring continues. The leachate is also collected.Bus 16 has served Callum Brae at half hourly intervals since 2018.

Huntington is a suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand.

Magellan Rise is a new suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. In the 2018 census it is at the boundaries of Flagstaff North, East and South areas and is described by others as Flagstaff.The area was rezoned for development in 2005 and there were houses to the east of Te Awa O Katapaki Stream by 2009. It was still being marketed in 2020 by the developer, CDL Land New Zealand Limited, who also developed the adjacent Ashmore subdivision.Lake Magellan was created by damming Te Awa O Katapaki Stream to provide stormwater treatment. It was upgraded in 2019, following a 2013 modelling of flooding in the area.A culvert rebuild in 2013 made the stream more accessible for eels and other fish. Parts of the stream valley, including Te Awa o Katapaki Reserve, provide a cycle track.Buses on the Orbiter route serve Discovery Drive at 15 minute intervals.

Chedworth Park, also known simply as Chedworth, is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. It was defined as a suburb of Hamilton in 1974.Chedworth was named by Chedworth Park Co. Ltd in 1963. In 1959 they bought 111 acres (45 ha) for subdivision. Chedworth Properties later created over 4,000 sections in Sherwood Park, Rototuna, Greenhill Park, Hillcrest and Fairview.Chedworth has 3 playgrounds, Chedworth Park, Hillary Park and Hukanui Oaks.