About & Description

Rukuhia Research Station operated form 1946 until 1967. In the late 1980s the NZ government sold the station to 4 families, who lived there until 2016

A government soil-fertility research station was set up at Rukuhia in 1946, operating until 1967, the Rukuhia station developed drainage systems and fertilisers for Waikato peat lands. Rukuhia station developed drainage systems and fertilisers for Waikato peat lands. In the late 1980s the NZ government decided to sell the property. Four families seeking lifestyle for their children chipped in to purchase the 60 acres of land - and the established buildings - to live on. From 1989 until 2016 the partnership have owned and lived with their children and now grandchildren. As of October 2016 the land is owned be a development company who will ultimately develop the land, as Hamilton City has expanded ever closer. Many of the trees will be knocked down. This page is to record the memories and pictures of Northview now and in the past - and perhaps into the future as it changes and becomes a suburban subdivision.