Playground upgrades

Current upgrades

Shorland Park upgrade - view project page

Recently completed upgrades

Elizabeth Street play area

The upgrade included:

• A junior module
• Swing set
• Balance balls
• Musical flowers 
• Seesaw
• Adding a rubbish bin
• Enclosing the site, with a pedestrian gate
• Refurbished bench seats

The upgrade was completed in December 2021 and cost $95,000.

Nuku Street Play Area

The upgrade included:

• A refurbished climbing module
• A slide
• Swing set with basket, belt and baby seat
• Refurbished bench seats
• Adding a rubbish bin

The upgrade was completed in  December 2021 and cost $107,000.

Cummings Park play area

This upgrade included:

• Synthetic surfaces to enhance accessibility to equipment
• crow’s nest climbing structure with slide
• additional picnic tables and bench seats
• stepping logs and balance beams
• shade sail
• junior play module
• gyro spinner
• four swing seats, including an inclusive seat

This upgrade was completed in October 2021 and cost $388,000.

Pembroke Road Play Area

The upgrade included:

• artificial grass and asphalt path to enhance accessibility to equipment
• tower and slide
• seesaw
• bowl spinner 
• swing set with 2 seats
• existing carousel to be refurbished shortly.

The upgrade was completed in August 2021 and cost $92,000.

Note: There is some barrier fencing up while the new grass grows.

Pukehuia Park Play Area

The upgrade included:

• two new play areas, one for toddlers and younger children and another for older kids
• an all-weather artificial surface for informal sports - including a marked-out Ki-O-Rahi pitch
• a basketball half-court
• a boardwalk with a small wetland area
• a revamped skate area
• a pump track - picnic and BBQ area
• an expanded car park and improved entrance area

While the park is open from Saturday 31 July 2021, there are a few things still to be completed after that date. Check out the project page for details.

The cost of the upgrade was $3.6 million, partly funded by a $1.54 million grant from Plimmer Bequest.

Karori Park Play Area

The upgrade included:

• a toddlers play area with equipment designed for smaller children including a climbing wall, a slide and platform, as well as some interactive and balance equipment.
• accessible play equipment including a carousel, an inground tramp and an inclusive seat in the swing set.
• a play fort, four seater swing set, embankment slides and a trampoline.
• nature play area with stepper logs.

Wall Park Play Area

The upgrade included:

• a nature play area
• new swing set
• flying fox
• accessible claw swing
• embankment slide
• monkey bars.

Some local students participated in the early design process.

The upgrade was completed in February 2021.

Khandallah Library Play Area 

The upgrade included:

• a balance challenge circuit, transitioning between stepping logs and beams
• an elephant slide, fund raised by the the local Khandallah Business Group (BID)

The cost of the upgrade was $90,000.