Editing Ruakura (section)

{{short description|Suburb of Hamilton, New Zealand}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox New Zealand suburbs
| name           = Ruakura
| image          = Ruakura 1921.jpg
| caption1       = Ruakura State Farm in 1921<br />(homestead and stables in foreground)
| city1          = Hamilton, New Zealand
| ward           = East Ward
| council        = [[Hamilton City Council (New Zealand)|Hamilton City Council]]
| coordinates    = {{coord|37|46|28.74|S|175|18|37.07|E|region:NZ|display=it}}
| map            = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=13}}
| arearef        = <ref name="Area"/> 
| area           = 902
| population     = {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Ruakura|y}}|R}}+{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2023 SA2|Greenhill Park|y}}|R}}|0}}
| popdate        = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2|||y}}
| popref         = {{NZ population data 2023 SA2||||y}}
| established    = 1888
}}
{{Adjacent place
| centre = Ruakura
| northwest      = [[Enderley]]
| west           = [[Claudelands]]
| southwest      = [[Hamilton East, New Zealand|Hamilton East]]
| south          = [[Hillcrest, Hamilton|Hillcrest]]
| southeast      = [[Silverdale, Hamilton|Silverdale]]
| east           = [[Newstead, New Zealand|Newstead]]
| north          = [[Fairview Downs]]
| northeast      = [[Eureka, New Zealand|Eureka]]
}}
'''Ruakura''' is a semi-rural [[Suburbs of Hamilton, New Zealand|suburb]] of [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton City]], in the [[Waikato]] region of [[New Zealand]]. The [[University of Waikato]] is nearby.

The area lies to the east of urban Hamilton and to the west of [[State Highway]] 1B (a variant of [[New Zealand State Highway 1|State Highway 1]] which avoids the urban area).