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Rototuna
City:	Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...
Island	North Island North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the much less populous South Island by Cook Strait. The island is in area, making it the world's 14th-largest island...
Surrounded by:
To the north:	Waikato District Waikato District Waikato District is a territorial authority of New Zealand, in the northern part of Waikato Region, North Island. Waikato District is administered by the Waikato District Council, with headquarters in Ngaruawahia....
To the north-east:	Waikato District Waikato District Waikato District is a territorial authority of New Zealand, in the northern part of Waikato Region, North Island. Waikato District is administered by the Waikato District Council, with headquarters in Ngaruawahia....
To the east:	Puketaha
To the south-east:	rural Rural Rural areas or the country or countryside are areas that are not urbanized, though when large areas are described, country towns and smaller cities will be included. They have a low population density, and typically much of the land is devoted to agriculture...
To the south:	Chartwell Chartwell, Hamilton Chartwell is a suburb in north-eastern Hamilton, New Zealand. The suburb was named after Chartwell, the country home of Sir Winston Churchill. The area became a part of Hamilton in June 1962 and was officially defined as a suburb in 1974. Most of the housing is private single or 2 level dwellings...
To the southwest:	Queenwood Queenwood Queenwood is a northern Hamilton, New Zealand suburb separated by Chartwell Park from Chartwell. It is mostly a residential area, with the typical range of local shops. It is located between River Road and Hukanui Road....
To the west:	Flagstaff
To the north-west:	Waikato District Waikato District Waikato District is a territorial authority of New Zealand, in the northern part of Waikato Region, North Island. Waikato District is administered by the Waikato District Council, with headquarters in Ngaruawahia....

Rototuna is a suburb in northern Hamilton

Hamilton, New Zealand

Hamilton is the centre of New Zealand's fourth largest urban area, and Hamilton City is the country's fourth largest territorial authority. Hamilton is in the Waikato Region of the North Island, approximately south of Auckland...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, east of Flagstaff. It is one of the newest, and fastest-growing suburbs in Hamilton,although growth has slowed since the 2008-2011 recession. It features two shopping centres, one with a New World

New World (supermarket)

New World is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain owned by the Foodstuffs cooperative.Founded in 1963, New World was the first American-style full-service supermarket brand of Foodstuffs, and the second in New Zealand...

supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

the other with a Countdown supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

. Also in Rototuna is Rototuna Primary School, Te Totara Primary School and Hamilton Christian(secondary) School. The government has purchased land for a secondary school.This is scheduled to be built about 2012-14.There is currently a proposal to build the new secondary school using private enterprise to build and manage the school but with staff appointed under the state system.Currently students in this area are zoned for Fairfield College.As Fairfield College has the largest grounds in NZ and a roll of just over a thousand the government has indicated that the new school is not a priority.A private school has expressed some interest in building a secondary school in the area.At the moment the council has only purchased land.The school is expected to be finished by about 2013-2014.

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