Somerset Heights

Somerset Heights
Suburb
Somerset Heights, with Mount Pirongia on the horizon.
Somerset Heights, with Mount Pirongia on the horizon.
Map
CountryNew Zealand
CityHamilton, New Zealand
Electoral wardHamilton East
Established2000
Horsham Downs
Rototuna
Somerset Heights
 Puketaha
Huntington

Somerset Heights is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton in New Zealand,[1] often known as Huntington,[2] or Rototuna. The name Rototuna is also often used to include Grosvenor, Callum Brae, Huntington and St James.[3] Somerset Heights forms part of Te Manatu census area.[4]

In 2000 Somerset Heights Ltd got consent for 107 houses on 13.1 ha (32 acres).[5] Buchanan Place[2] and Westbury Mews were named by Somerset Heights Joint Venture in 2002, using classical English names.[6] A transmission line was taken down and replaced by a cable under Barrington Drive to allow Somerset Heights to be built.[7]

The Thomas Homestead at 219 Gordonton Road was built in 1929 on 100 acres (40 ha), part of which is now Somerset Heights.[3]

The Rototuna Circular bus has provided a half hourly service through the area[8] since 2018.[9]

Waikato Waldorf school[10] and Te Manatu Park are on the edge of Somerset Heights.[11]

Alligator weed was a problem in the Somerset Heights sediment pond, requiring it to be dredged in September 2005.[12] 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.[13]

  1. ^ "Hamilton Map". Hamilton City Council. Archived from the original on 23 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Buchanan Place". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Discover Rototuna Properties Hamilton - Lodge Real Estate". www.lodge.co.nz. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". statsnz.maps.arcgis.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Regional Council grants subdivision consents". www.waikatoregion.govt.nz. 30 November 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Westbury Mews". ketehamilton.peoplesnetworknz.info. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Te Manatu-Mangaiti concept plan stage 2 consultation submissions" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. September 2015.
  8. ^ "Rototuna Circular". www.busit.co.nz. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Improved bus services roll out on eastern Hamilton routes". www.waikatoregion.govt.nz. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  10. ^ "contact & map". Waikato Waldorf - Primary & Junior High Schools, Childcare & Kindergarten. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  11. ^ "TE MANATU PARK CONCEPT PLAN" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. 2 February 2016.
  12. ^ "Technical Report 2005/38 Alligator Weed Control" (PDF). Environment Waikato. 2005.
  13. ^ Toni S. Cornes, Rachel E. Thomson, Bruce D. Clarkson (31 May 2012). "Key Ecological Sites of Hamilton City Volume I" (PDF). University of Waikato.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)