Locality Guides - Putaruru

Locality Guide - Putaruru,

Location Description

Putaruru is situated southeast of Hamilton on State Highway 1, between the towns of Tirau (10 kilometres away) and Tokoroa (23 kilometres away). An attractive town with an active community, its economy is based on the dairy and timber industries and their infrastructures.

Putaruru has all essential services, but is also within an hour of Taupo, Rotorua, Tauranga, Mt Maunganui, Cambridge & Matamata.

Putaruru is situated where it is today for three reasons: farming, forestry and tourism. Along with forestry and pastoral farming, the largest cheese factory and new whey plant in the Southern Hemisphere is located halfway between Putaruru and Tokoroa at Lichfield. Putaruru also boasts the 'best drinking water in New Zealand'. It is bottled locally and sold all over the country and is exported.

Tirau is the 'Antiques Centre' of the Waikato offereing 14 cafes and food outlets.

Visitors Centre

Putaruru Information Centre
75 Tirau Street
Putaruru
Phone: (07) 883 7284
Fax: (07) 883 7284

Attractions

Water sports and trout fishing are available in nearby lakes and spring-fed streams. There is an attractive walkway along the Te Waihou River, which is also well known for its trout fishing.

Facilities

Putaruru's restaurants include:

Putaruru Cafe
(07) 883 7794

The Pizza Barn
(07) 883 3767

Crazy Cow Cafe
(07) 883 3241

Canton Takeaways
(07) 883 8736

Night Owl Restaurant & Takeaway
(07) 883 7202

Transport

There is no internal bus service in Putaruru.

Intercity Coachlines provides an inter-city service.
(07) 883 8115

Guthreys
Rotorua/Auckland daily and return to Tirau

The nearest taxi service is in Tokoroa.

Tokoroa Taxis
(07) 886 6099

Community

Putaruru Toy Library
(07) 883 3484

Putaruru District Services Memorial Club
(07) 883 8591

Duke Street Medical Centre
(07) 883 3965

Pre-Schools

Putaruru's early childhood facilities include:
Charles Crescent Kindergarten
(07) 883 7240

Glenshea Street Kindergarten
(07) 883 8503

Abbeys Place
(07) 883 3293

In addition, there are about a dozen preschool facilities in Tokoroa, 23 kilometres away.

Primary Schools

Putaruru's primary schools are:

Putaruru Primary School
(07) 883 7166

St Marys Catholic School
(07) 883 7109

Lichfield School
(07) 883 6816

Te Waotu School
(07) 883 2815

Secondary Schools

The intermediate/secondary school in Putaruru is:

Putaruru College
(07) 883 8323

Tertiary Schools

The nearest tertiary institutions are:

Waiariki Institute of Technology
Tokoroa
(07) 886 5469

University of Waikato
Hamilton
(07) 856 2889

Waikato Polytechnic
Hamilton
(07) 834 8888

Bay of Plenty Polytechnic
Tauranga
(07) 544 0920

Tauranga University College
(07) 577 0620

Sport

Putaruru Golf Club
(07) 883 8231

Putaruru Bowling Club
(07) 883 8333

Putaruru Rugby Football Club
(07) 883 8020

Putaruru Squash Rackets Club
(07) 883 7691

Putaruru also has gymnastics, junior touch, netball, pony, badminton, swimming and football clubs.

Tokoroa has a YMCA (07) 886 8737 and a Skateworld (07) 886 9607.

Offices Servicing this Area

LJ Hooker Putaruru

Cnr State Highway 1 & Main Street
PUTARURU
Phone: 07 883 8810
Fax: 07 883 8800
putaruru@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/putaruru

LJ Hooker Albany

Shop B3 Albany Central, 210-212 State Highway 17
ALBANY, NORTH SHORE
Phone: 09 414 6078
Fax: 09 414 6069
albany@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/albany

LJ Hooker Alexandra

10 Centennial Ave
ALEXANDRA
Phone: 03 448 8888
Fax: 03 448 6131
alexandra@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/alexandra

LJ Hooker Birkenhead

9 Birkenhead Avenue
BIRKENHEAD
Phone: 09 419 2409
Fax: 09 419 2441
birkenhead@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/birkenhead

LJ Hooker Botany

Shop 3, Meadowlands Plaza, 112 Whitford Road
HOWICK
Phone: 09 535 8373
Fax: 09 535 8365
botany@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/botany

LJ Hooker Cambridge

55 Victoria Street
CAMBRIDGE
Phone: 07 827 7188
Fax: 07 827 7062
cambridge@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/cambridge

LJ Hooker Carterton

111 High Street
CARTERTON
Phone: 06 379 6699
Fax: 06 379 6638
carterton@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/carterton

LJ Hooker Cromwell

7A Murray Terrace
CROMWELL
Phone: 03 445 4780
Fax: 03 445 4782
cromwell@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/cromwell

LJ Hooker Development Services - NZ

Level 23, 120 Albert Street
AUCKLAND
Phone: 09 375 0500
Fax: 09 354 7999
devserv@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/devserv

LJ Hooker Dunedin

63 Musselburgh Rise
DUNEDIN
Phone: 03 455 0770
Fax: 03 455 0790
dunedin@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/dunedin

LJ Hooker Ellerslie

101 Main Highway
ELLERSLIE
Phone: 09 525 1773
Fax: 09 525 1443
ellerslie@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/ellerslie

LJ Hooker Fairlie

75 Main Street
FAIRLIE
Phone: 03 685 8844
Fax: 03 685 8847
fairlie@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/fairlie

LJ Hooker Financial Services Bay Of Plenty

Corner Cameron Road & 8th Avenue
TAURANGA
Phone: 07 571 4201
Fax: 07 581 475

LJ Hooker Financial Services Christchurch

Unit B, 135 Farrington Avenue, Bishopdale Mall
CHRISTCHURCH
Phone: 03 359 5874
Fax: 03 359 5876

LJ Hooker Financial Services East/South Auckland

1 Whitford - Maraetai Road, RDI
HOWICK
Phone: 09 530 8045
Fax: 09 530 8046

LJ Hooker Financial Services Nat Insurance & Permission Mkt

Cnr of Kings Cres & Bloomfield Terrace
LOWER HUTT
Phone:
Fax:

LJ Hooker Financial Services North Shore

Suite 22 A & B, 184 Hinemoa Street
BIRKENHEAD
Phone: 09 480 6075
Fax: 09 480 6075

LJ Hooker Financial Services Northland

42 Darch Road, RD4 Reotahi
WHANGAREI
Phone: 027 345 3460
Fax:

LJ Hooker Financial Services South Canterbury/North Otago

Ballantynes Building, Canon Street
TIMARU
Phone: 03 688 5517
Fax: 03 688 5518

LJ Hooker Financial Services Waikato

26A Glen Terrace
TE PUKE
Phone: 07 573 5676
Fax: 07 573 5676

LJ Hooker Geraldine

16 Talbot Street
GERALDINE
Phone: 03 693 9775
Fax: 03 693 9774
geraldine@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/geraldine

LJ Hooker Gisborne

Treble Court, Peel Street
GISBORNE
Phone: 06 867 9947
Fax: 06 867 9305
gisborne@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/gisborne

LJ Hooker Glenfield

Shop 7, 111 Bentley Road
GLENFIELD
Phone: 09 441 7300
Fax: 09 441 7010
glenfield@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/glenfield

LJ Hooker Hastings

1st Floor, 126 Queen Street East
HASTINGS
Phone: 06 877 7037
Fax: 06 877 7049
hastings@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/hastings

LJ Hooker Henderson

403 Great North Road
HENDERSON
Phone: 09 836 3119
Fax: 09 838 9328
henderson@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/henderson

LJ Hooker Howick

49 Picton Street
HOWICK
Phone: 09 537 0124
Fax: 09 537 3888
howick@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/howick

LJ Hooker Invercargill

17 The Crescent
INVERCARGILL
Phone: 03 211 2090
Fax: 03 218 1975
invercargill@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/invercargill

LJ Hooker Johnsonville

58-62 Johnsonville Road
JOHNSONVILLE
Phone: 04 478 3109
Fax: 04 478 3106
johnsonville@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/johnsonville

LJ Hooker Kaitaia

85 Commerce Street
KAITAIA
Phone: 09 408 1241
Fax: 09 408 1363
kaitaia@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/kaitaia

LJ Hooker Kawerau

1 Jellicoe Court
KAWERAU
Phone: 07 323 9200
Fax: 07 323 9204
kawerau@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/kawerau

LJ Hooker Kerikeri

70 Kerikeri Road
KERIKERI
Phone: 09 407 7899
Fax: 09 407 7893
kerikeri@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/kerikeri

LJ Hooker Kumeu

63 Main Road
KUMEU
Phone: 09 412 9602
Fax: 09 412 9603
kumeu@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/kumeu

LJ Hooker Mangonui

10 Beach Road
MANGONUI
Phone: 09 406 0977
Fax: 09 406 0982
mangonui@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/mangonui

LJ Hooker Manurewa

Unit 3, 163 Great South Road
MANUREWA
Phone: 09 268 0454
Fax: 09 268 0452
manurewa@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/manurewa

LJ Hooker Masterton

109 Chapel Street
MASTERTON
Phone: 06 378 8666
Fax: 06 378 2139
masterton@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/masterton

LJ Hooker Matamata

62 Arawa Street
MATAMATA
Phone: 07 888 5677
Fax: 07 888 8608
matamata@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/matamata

LJ Hooker Morrinsville

179a Thames Street
MORRINSVILLE
Phone: 07 889 3957
Fax: 07 889 3955
morrinsville@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/morrinsville

LJ Hooker Mosgiel

9 Factory Road
MOSGIEL
Phone: 03 489 6800
Fax: 03 489 6019
mosgiel@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/mosgiel

LJ Hooker Oamaru

193 Thames Street
OAMARU
Phone: 03 434 9014
Fax: 03 434 6708
oamaru@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/oamaru

LJ Hooker Otahuhu

Shop 1, 11 Mason Avenue
OTAHUHU
Phone: 09 276 1234
Fax: 09 276 1235
otahuhu@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/otahuhu

LJ Hooker Pakuranga

Perfume Chalet Building, 5 Reeves Road
PAKURANGA
Phone: 09 576 9745
Fax: 09 576 9746
pakuranga@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/pakuranga

LJ Hooker Palmerston North

219 Broadway Avenue
PALMERSTON NORTH
Phone: 06 358 9009
Fax: 06 356 8464
palmerstonnorth@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/palmerstonnorth

LJ Hooker Papakura

231-237 Great South Road
PAPAKURA
Phone: 09 296 5000
Fax: 09 298 0637
papakura@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/papakura

LJ Hooker Papamoa

Shop 8, Fashion Island, 42 Gravatt Road
PAPAMOA
Phone: 07 575 5129
Fax: 07 574 0029
papamoa@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/papamoa

LJ Hooker Papatoetoe

171 Great South Road
PAPATOETOE
Phone: 09 277 7717
Fax: 09 277 7121
papatoetoe@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/papatoetoe

LJ Hooker Ponsonby

190 Ponsonby Road
PONSONBY
Phone: 09 376 7530
Fax: 09 378 9970
ponsonby@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/ponsonby

LJ Hooker Pyes Pa

6 Pyes Pa Road
TAURANGA
Phone: 07 543 4657
Fax: 07 543 4658
pyespa@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/pyespa

LJ Hooker Remuera

565 Remuera Road
REMUERA
Phone: 09 520 8585
Fax: 09 524 7615
remuera@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/remuera

LJ Hooker Rotorua

Corner Eruera & Amohia Streets
ROTORUA
Phone: 07 348 5058
Fax: 07 348 2381
rotorua@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/rotorua

LJ Hooker Royal Oak

778 Manukau Road
ROYAL OAK
Phone: 09 624 3900
Fax: 09 624 3939
royaloak@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/royaloak

LJ Hooker Tauranga

Corner Cameron Road & 8th Avenue
TAURANGA
Phone: 07 578 3129
Fax: 07 578 1475
tauranga@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/tauranga

LJ Hooker Te Anau

6 Milford Cresent
TE ANAU
Phone: 03 249 8889
Fax: 03 249 8867
teanau@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/teanau

LJ Hooker Te Awamutu

41 Mahoe Street
TE AWAMUTU
Phone: 07 871 5044
Fax: 07 871 5099
teawamutu@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/teawamutu

LJ Hooker Temuka

111 King Street
TEMUKA
Phone: 03 615 9462
Fax: 03 615 9463
temuka@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/temuka

LJ Hooker Timaru

Cnr Church & Banks Streets
TIMARU
Phone: 03 688 3029
Fax: 03 688 6133
timaru@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/timaru

LJ Hooker Twizel

20 Ruataniwha Road
TWIZEL
Phone: 03 435 0170
Fax: 03 435 0360
twizel@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/twizel

LJ Hooker Waihi Beach

27 Wilson Road
WAIHI BEACH
Phone: 07 863 5801
Fax: 07 863 4588
waihibeach@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/waihibeach

LJ Hooker Waimate

83 Queen Street
WAIMATE
Phone: 03 689 7974
Fax: 03 689 8216
waimate@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/waimate

LJ Hooker Wainuiomata

22 Queen Street
WAINUIOMATA
Phone: 04 564 8644
Fax: 04 564 8650
wainuiomata@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/wainuiomata

LJ Hooker Wanganui

259 Victoria Ave
WANGANUI
Phone: 06 349 0883
Fax: 06 349 0884
wanganui@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/wanganui

LJ Hooker Warkworth

18 Mill Lane
WARKWORTH
Phone: 09 422 2050
Fax: 09 422 2365
warkworth@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/warkworth

LJ Hooker Whangarei

11 James Street
WHANGAREI
Phone: 09 438 1332
Fax: 09 438 6795
whangarei@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/whangarei

LJ Hooker Whitianga

68A Albert Street
WHITIANGA
Phone: 07 866 4050
Fax: 07 866 2010
whitianga@ljh.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/whitianga

LJH Commercial Bay Of Plenty

Corner Cameron Road & 8th Avenue
TAURANGA
Phone: 07 578 3129
Fax: 07 578 1475
bop@ljhc.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/commercial-bayofplenty

LJH Commercial Whangarei

11 James Street
WHANGAREI
Phone: 09 438 1332
Fax: 09 438 6795
whangarei@ljhc.co.nz
www.ljhooker.co.nz/commercial-whangarei