Harrowfield

Harrowfield is a suburb in eastern Hamilton in New Zealand.[1] It was built in about 1991.[2][3]

1970s sewer bridge over the Kirikiriroa Stream carries a walkway/cycleway linking Harrowfield with Queenwood

Harrowfield
Suburb
Country	New Zealand
Local authority	Hamilton, New Zealand
Electoral ward	Hamilton East
Established	1980s
Population  (2013)
• Total	471

St Petersburg	Flagstaff	Rototuna
Pukete	Harrowfield	Callum Brae
St Andrews	Beerescourt	Queenwood

Part of Tauhara Park borders the suburb. The park has a mini golf area, a playground, sports fields[4] and walkway/cycleway paths, which connect Harrowfield to the Kirikiriroa Stream valley, Queenwood and Flagstaff.[5] Some of the park, on the far side of Wairere Drive, covers the old Rototuna landfill. Since the late 1990s much of the leachate from the landfill has been collected for disposal at Pukete sewage works.[6] However residents were expressing concerns about it in 2012.[7]

Christmas lights in the suburb attract many visitors.[8]

In 2017 development of a further 22 dwellings, including 8 duplexes, was approved. Previous developments were on plots of around 1,200 m² (13,000 sq ft), rather than the higher 320 m² (3,400 sq ft) density of the new one, which backs on to Wairere Drive.[9]

Harrowfield is marked on the 1:50,000 map[10] and is referred to as a suburb in its own right,[11] but as a census area it is part of Queenwood.[12] Three meshblocks cover the Harrowfield suburb. Their population was more stable, wealthier and older than the 37.4 years of the national average, as shown below -[13]