Greerton is a major suburb of Tauranga, the largest city in the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.

Greerton is named after Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Harpur Greer, commander of the British forces during the Battle of Gate Pā.

[4] It was originally a small village located several kilometres south of Tauranga but was swallowed up by urban development.

A military village of 125 one acre lots, the Township of Greerton, was surveyed near Gate Pā.

[7] In 1864 the Tauranga Campaign was fought in the neighbouring suburb of Gate Pā with Māori troops withdrawing through Greerton to Pyes Pa.[8][9] The Greerton community celebrates the cherry blossom festival in the third week of September every year.