Harrowfield

Harrowfield
Suburb
Sewer bridge over the Kirikiriroa Stream carries a walkway/cycleway linking Harrowfield with Queenwood
Sewer bridge over the Kirikiriroa Stream carries a walkway/cycleway linking Harrowfield with Queenwood
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Coordinates: 37°44′30.5″S 175°15′31.67″E / 37.741806°S 175.2587972°E / -37.741806; 175.2587972
CountryNew Zealand
CityHamilton, New Zealand
Local authorityHamilton City Council
Electoral wardEast Ward
Established1980s
Area
[1]
 • Land41 ha (101 acres)
Population
 (2018 Census)[2]
 • Total438
St Petersburg Flagstaff Rototuna
Pukete
Harrowfield
 Callum Brae
St Andrews Beerescourt Queenwood

Harrowfield is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand.[3] It was built in about 1991.[4][5]

Part of Tauhara Park borders the suburb. The park has a mini golf area, a playground, sports fields[6] and walkway/cycleway paths, which connect Harrowfield to the Kirikiriroa Stream valley, Queenwood and Flagstaff.[7] Some of the park, on the far side of Wairere Drive, covers the old Rototuna landfill. Since the late 1990s much of the leachate from the landfill has been collected for disposal at Pukete sewage works.[8] However residents were expressing concerns about it in 2012.[9]

Christmas lights in the suburb attract many visitors.[10]

In 2017 development of a further 22 dwellings, including 8 duplexes, was approved. Previous developments were on plots of around 1,200 m2 (13,000 sq ft), rather than the higher 320 m2 (3,400 sq ft) density of the new one, which backs on to Wairere Drive.[11]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Area was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census 2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Hamilton Map". Hamilton City Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  4. ^ "Survey Number: SN9124 taken on 8/02/1991". retrolens.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Topomap sheet S14". www.mapspast.org.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Destination Parks". www.hamilton.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Gully Walk Maps-Tauhara Park" (PDF). Living Streets.
  8. ^ "Waste disposal sites". www.waikatoregion.govt.nz. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Resident suspects white liquid oozing from landfill". Stuff. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  10. ^ Nicholson, Danielle. "Harrowfield lights up". NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  11. ^ "Duplex proposal for Hamilton's exclusive Harrowfield area perplexes neighbours". Stuff. Retrieved 5 April 2020.