Morrinsville

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Morrinsville

Main Road into Morrinsville - Mt Te Aroha in the background

Morrinsville is a town in the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island. It is situated around 33 kilometres east of Hamilton and 22 kilometres west of Te Aroha, close to the banks of the Piako River. It has a population of approximately 6000- 7000.

Morrinsville serves as 1 of 3 town centers in New Zealand's most prosperous dairy farming industry, and the region around the town is sometimes described as among the most intensively farmed areas in the world, from where it gets its town slogan 'cream of the country'. The town is named after Samuel and Thomas Morrin, early settlers who purchased the land as an estate and founded the town to house the estate's workers.

Morrinsville is the railway junction of the Waitoa Industrial line with the East Coast Main Trunk line, which passes through the town, although domestic commuter services have since ended.