Te Rapa
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:	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 north-east:	Pukete Pukete Pukete is a suburb in north-western Hamilton in New Zealand..Pukete has two primary schools. Pukete Primary schooland Te Rapa Primary school .Pukete Pa is located in the north of the suburb on a cliff on the Waikato River bank.The Pa was in use up until the arrival of military settlers in 1863....
To the east:	Saint Andrews, Waikato
To the south-east:	Beerescourt Beerescourt Beerescourt is a suburb in western Hamilton, New Zealand. It is named after Capt. G. B. Beere, who was granted land in the military settlement at the conclusion of the New Zealand Land Wars. He set up a fort and the area became known as Beere's Fort...
To the south/south-west:	Forest Lake
To the west:	Frankton, Waikato Frankton, Waikato Frankton is a central suburb of the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. It is the site of the city's passenger railway station, a major industrial-commercial stretch of State Highway 1, and a commercial shopping area.- Tornado :...
To the north-west:	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...

Te Rapa is a mixed light industrial, large scale retail and semi-rural suburb to the northwest of central Hamilton

Hamilton Central

Hamilton Central is the central business district of Hamilton, New Zealand. It is located on the western banks of the Waikato River.-Features of Hamilton Central:-Victoria Street:...

, 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...

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Stretching in a long, thin north-south axis, Te Rapa is home to a large number of factories including Te Rapa Dairy Factory, one of the largest of its kind in the world. Also located in Te Rapa is Te Rapa Racecourse, Hamilton's only remaining horse racing course and the main race course for the Waikato

Waikato

The Waikato Region is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupo District, and parts of Rotorua District...

 region.

Before its return to the Tainui

Tainui

Tainui is a tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori iwi. The Tainui confederation comprises four principal related Māori iwi of the central North Island of New Zealand: Hauraki, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa and Waikato...

 tribe in a Raupatu land settlement, Te Rapa was also the site of a Royal New Zealand Air Force

Royal New Zealand Air Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is the air arm of the New Zealand Defence Force...

 base. The Te Rapa Airforce Base was perhaps unique among New Zealand air force bases in that it did not include a runway - being a base for helicopters.

Te Rapa's shopping area includes The Base

The Base (mall)

The Base is a major shopping complex located in Te Rapa, in the New Zealand city of Hamilton. Originally built in 2005, it still has future developments to come. The Mall "Te Awa" was completed on August 2011 and The Base is now the country's largest shopping complex.-History:The very first stage...

, a large scale retail development that includes the largest branch of The Warehouse in New Zealand) and a Dressmart outlet mall.

Waterworld, a Hamilton city council

City council

A city council or town council is the legislative body that governs a city, town, municipality or local government area.-Australia & NZ:Because of the differences in legislation between the States, the exact definition of a City Council varies...

 owned pool complex resides in Te Rapa.

The suburb is the site of a number of important railway linkages in the New Zealand railway network, mainly the North Island Main Trunk Railway and East Coast Main Trunk Railway. The suburb is the northern terminus of the North Island Main Trunk electrification, a large locomotive depot and formerly a large marshalling yard.