Ruakura Junction
Ruakura Junction is a railway station in Waikato District, Waikato. Ruakura Junction is situated nearby to the hamlet Newstead, as well as near the suburb Fairview Downs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hillcrest High School and St John’s College, Hamilton.
Hillcrest High School
School
Hillcrest High School is a state coeducational secondary school located in south-eastern Hamilton, New Zealand. The school is named after the suburb of Hillcrest for which it serves, although the school itself is actually located in Silverdale. Hillcrest High School is situated 3 km south of Ruakura Junction.
St John’s College, Hamilton
School
St John's College is a state-integrated Catholic boys' secondary school in Hamilton, New Zealand, with a school roll of 958 as of July 2025. The school crest features the eagle of St. St John’s College, Hamilton is situated 3 km southwest of Ruakura Junction.
Ruakura Agriculture Research Centre
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Ruakura Agriculture Research Centre is situated 2½ km southwest of Ruakura Junction.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ruakura and Newstead.
Ruakura
Suburb
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Ruakura is a semi-rural suburb of Hamilton City, in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The University of Waikato is nearby. The area lies to the east of urban Hamilton and to the west of State Highway 1.
Newstead
Hamlet
Newstead is a rural settlement on the outskirts of Hamilton, in the Waikato District and Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. The settlement includes the global headquarters of Livestock Improvement Corporation, a multinational farming co-operative which provides genetics information to the dairy sector.
Fairview Downs
Suburb
Fairview Downs is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand. It was developed in stages. Tramway Road, the western boundary of Fairview, was shown as a proposed tramway on an 1865 map.
Ruakura Junction
- Type: Railway station
- Category: transportation
- Location: Waikato District, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-37.76667° or 37° 46′ southLongitude
175.33333° or 175° 20′ eastElevation
44 metres (144 feet)Open location code
4VJQ68MM+88GeoNames ID
2183141
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Localities in the Area
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Nearby Places
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