- Te Rapa
Te Rapa is a mixed light industrial, large scale retail and semi-rural suburb to the northwest of central Hamilton,
New Zealand .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 region.Before its return to the
Tainui tribe in aRaupatu land settlement, Te Rapa was also the site of aRoyal New Zealand Air 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.The name lives on in 'The Base' - a large scale retail development that includes the largest '
The Warehouse ' in New Zealand (at time of writing - May 2006) and a 'Dressmart' outlet mall.Waterworld, a Hamilton
city council 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 andEast 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 marshaling yard.ee also
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Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand
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