Central city | Hamilton City Council

Programme summary

What we're doing

We're investing in our central city, opening it up to the Waikato River, encouraging people to live and work here, and making it easy to access and move around in.

Hamilton Kirikiriroa is the fastest growing urban city in the country. Council, alongside its partners, is working hard to ensure our central city is positioned to take advantage of all the opportunities this growth brings.

Why we're doing it

We are prioritising growing up and out from the central city and helping to enable 4000 new homes for around 10,800 people in the central city and surrounds by 2035. That's around the same number as a full crowd at Seddon Park.

To support this growing community, we’re focusing on what we said we would in our Central City Transformation Plan.

We are delivering on our vision of shaping a central city where people love to be.

Ahuahungia te pokapuu o teetehi taaone e arohaina ai e te taangata.

How is it funded?

$150.6 million in Crown funding from the Infrastructure Acceleration Fund (IAF).

The IAF funding for Hamilton will support critical strategic three waters infrastructure including a pump station and new water reservoir as well as investigations and planning to support new homes in the central city.

The reservoir will increase our supply of drinking water and capacity for firefighting as the central city grows.

Alongside housing, it will also support more than 300,000m2 of commercial and retail space and has the potential to unlock more than $2.1 billion in private investment over the next decade.

Council is also investing more than $200 million to help build a city where people love to be alongside developer contributions and investment.

The outcomes that guide our transformation

Play Trail

Looking for something fun and free to do with the kids in the central city? We’ve made two awesome play trails to help our rangatahi reimagine Hamilton Kirikiriroa and create opportunities for play and recreation that is free.

Pop into the central library or the ArtsPost by Waikato Museum to pick up your map, or you can download the PDF here.

Have a go on one of our play trails recently? Let us know what you thought and be in to win a Prezzy Card, a Zoo pass or a Waterworld Pass!

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