Pukete

Suburb in New Zealand

Pukete
Suburb
Pukete, Hamilton
Coordinates: 37°44′37.65″S 175°14′22.92″E / 37.7437917°S 175.2397000°E / -37.7437917; 175.2397000
Country	New Zealand
City	Hamilton, New Zealand
Local authority	Hamilton City Council
Electoral ward	West Ward
Established	1969
Area [1]
• Land	193 ha (477 acres)
Population  (June 2023)[2]
• Total	4,960

Te Kowhai	Horotiu	Flagstaff
Rotokauri	Pukete	Harrowfield
Te Rapa	St Andrews	Queenwood

Pukete is a 1970s riverside suburb in northwestern Hamilton in New Zealand.^[3]

The cobblestoned walk in the park has a grass dog exercise area. The riverside walkway, which includes many pedestrian bridges, can be used by walkers or cyclists, but the lower sections are subject to flooding in winter. A pedestrian bridge links Braithwaite Park to Flagstaff on the eastern side of the Waikato River. A 2015 River Plan proposed it become 'a flower garden bridge'.^[4]

There is a small beach on the west side of the river at Braithwaite park often used in summer by water skiers and picnickers. To the north of the residential area is the Pukete Mountain Bike track, an Equestrian centre, and a two-lane launching ramp into the Waikato River, all on the Pukete Farm Park. A concreted riverside track, for bikes and pedestrians, runs north from Mountain View Lane starting by the southeast side of the Fonterra Te Rapa Milk powder factory.^{[citation needed]}

The eastern part of Pukete and neighbouring St Andrews is built on an old river terrace. This rises to the flat alluvial fan that covers most of Hamilton. The land rises to one of Hamilton's many small hills at Ngaio Place giving views over most of Hamilton.^{[citation needed]}

Four-laning of the Pukete Bridge was completed in Easter 2013, well ahead of schedule due to the long dry summer.^{[citation needed]}