Flagstaff | |
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 Discovery Drive in Flagstaff, Hamilton | |
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| Coordinates: 37°44′19.26″S 175°15′13.44″E / 37.7386833°S 175.2537333°E | |
| Country | New Zealand |
| City | Hamilton, New Zealand |
| Local authority | Hamilton City Council |
| Electoral ward | East Ward |
| Established | 1986 |
| Area | |
| • Land | 521 ha (1,287 acres) |
| Population (June 2024)[2] | |
• Total | 13,760 |
| St Petersburg | Magellan Rise | Gordonton |
| Pukete |
  Flagstaff  |
Rototuna |
| Te Rapa | Harrowfield | Chartwell |
Flagstaff is a suburb in north-east Hamilton, New Zealand. It was originally called Dulverton on council plans, but it was officially named Flagstaff in 1986 when it was declared as a suburb. The area was heavily developed in the 1990s.[3]
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 and its developments of St Petersburg and Magellan Rise.[4]
The name "Flagstaff" comes from the flagstaff that was located on the hillock at the western end of Sylvester Road in the 1870s. A flag was raised by the local farmer when a steamer passed to alert the port authorities in the settlement 7 km further south.
Flagstaff is connected to Pukete by a 5 m wide pedestrian bridge that connects with a series of walkways on both banks of the Waikato River. The suburb is served by a shopping centre with parks for 50 cars. It has 18 shops and a gym.
Two playgrounds serve the new suburbs in northern Flagstaff at Hare Puke Park and Te Huia Reserve.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Areawas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Aotearoa Data Explorer". Statistics New Zealand. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Flagstaff Information Kit, Hamilton Public Library
- ^ "Rototuna Community Projects" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ^ "Flagstaff North Destination Playground - Hamilton City Council". www.hamilton.govt.nz. Retrieved 12 March 2020.