Rototuna is a suburb in northern Hamilton, New Zealand, east of Flagstaff.

Sometimes the name Rototuna is used to collectively refer to all of the city north of Wairere Drive and east of the Waikato River, including Flagstaff, St Petersburg, Magellan Rise, Ashmore, Somerset Heights, St James, Callum Brae and Huntington.

[5] However, its alternative name of Lake Rototuna, was the inspiration for the name given to a new post office in 1907 and later adopted for the area.

[6] The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "eel lake" for Rototuna.

[7] Carbon dating of 1550 to 1625 was put on charcoal from a cultivation ground, which was uncovered on the corner of Hukanui Road and Wairere Drive in 1999.

[10] Like most of Waikato it would have been inundated by a flood of water and ignimbrite debris from Lake Taupo about 22,000 years ago.

[13] The remaining lake is a metre deep and covers 6.7 ha (17 acres).

[20] More development came in the 1900s, with a post office[21] and a church in 1907,[22] a store in 1910,[23] a casein factory in 1913[24] and a grocery and butcher in 1914.

The recently completed mixed-use development called Rototuna Village is a mixture of retail, hospitality, office and high end apartments.

It is likely to include community facilities such as a library and possibly a pool - although both of these may be shared with the High Schools.

[51] Hare Puke Park playground opened in 2018, with a theme of eels and the hinaki used to catch them.

[58] Rototuna roads have been enlarged from the previous country lane network since 2001, when the southern part of Resolution Drive was gazetted.

[64] Buses on the Orbiter route serve Rototuna at 15 minute intervals.

[67] Bus 16 has linked Rototuna to the Transport Centre on a circuitous route via Callum Brae, at half hourly intervals,[68] since 2018.

[70] School routes to St Paul's, Southwell, Peachgrove Intermediate, Hamilton Boys' High and Sacred Heart were added in 2016.

[71] 3 m (9.8 ft) wide shared paths are being built beside Resolution Drive and Borman Rd[61] and $1m is being spent on cycleways, mostly running north–south on the eastern edge of Rototuna.

[77] The Junior & Senior high schools are based on the same grounds and share some facilities.