Hamilton

For Hamilton city, 50 percent of growth will be through regeneration of existing parts of the city.

• Hamilton’s City Heart is the main commercial, arts and social heart for the sub-region
• Increased residential population in the city with a broad range of services and facilities
• Strong neighbourhood centres in new suburban areas
• Well connected public transport routes
• Higher density housing close to neighbourhood centres with larger lots on the edges
• Well planned open spaces with good walking and cycling links
• Intensified residential development focussing around key nodes including the city heart, transport hubs, town/suburban centres and areas of high public amenity including parks and the river
• Ruakura is a high tech, innovation precinct that also provides more general employment area