Playground refreshes

Recently refreshed play areas

Breaker Bay play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• new exposed aggregate path, with a modified entrance.
• new play module with 2 slides
• new swing set, including our first “you and me” seat, so that carers can swing with younger children
• refurbished dolphin springer
• carousel spinner
• springer seesaw
• refurbished bench seat and octagonal seat around the Pohutukawa in the middle of the park
• new picnic table.

The construction was completed in November 2022.

Chelsea Street play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• amenity planting
• in-ground trampoline
• inclusive carousel
• new swing set, including an inclusive swing seat and basket seat
• rotating rocker play equipment
• junior module with slide
• senior climbing module
• helicopter springer
• balance logs
• refurbished bowl spinner
• skating transition walls and grinding wall
• bike and scooter track with jumps
• additional picnic table
• stand-alone slide. Please note, that the original model in the final design was not available at the point of construction, and this will be replaced subsequently.

The construction was completed in August 2022.

Harrison Street play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• amenity planting
• in-ground trampoline
• inclusive carousel
• larger swing set, including an inclusive swing seat
• new play module, with 2 slides
• 3 balance balls
• crawling tunnel
• refurbished basketball frame and new court
• talking tubes
• rubber steppers
• adding a picnic table
• new of refurbished furniture
• additional rubbish bin
• in-ground drainage in the lawn area.

The construction was completed in August 2022.

Newtown Park play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• new asphalt path. Please note that additional resurfacing of the entrance paths will be completed in a subsequent phase
• adding a picnic table
• refurbishing the existing furniture
• larger play module with dual slide
• refurbished Spica (spinning) play equipment
• refurbished bowl spinner
• hungry caterpillar springer play equipment
• refurbished dished carousel.

The construction was completed in August 2022.

Helston Park play area, Paparangi

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• amenity planting
• new asphalt paths connecting different sections of the play area
• a senior module with a slide
• a junior module with slides
• a play bridge
• a play jeep
• octagonal monkey bars
• spinning carousel
• springer seesaw
• panel play
• new swing sets, including a Mirage inclusive swing seat
• refurbished Galaxy play equipment
• refurbished spica spinner.

The construction was completed in November 2022.

Following opening, the existing furniture is on the programme to be refurbished, and our arborists are scheduled to remove the tree cages and tidy up the specimen trees.

Owhiro Bay play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• new fencing and gates
• larger play module with dual slide
• adding a picnic table
• refurbishing the existing furniture
• new swing set.

The construction was completed in September 2022.

Pirie Street play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• amenity planting
• embankment slide with shade sail over it
• new picnic tables with shade sail over it
• inclusive carousel
• in-ground trampoline
• junior module with slide
• senior climbing module, including refurbished mini flying fox
• refurbished bowl spinner
• new swing sets, including a sperate basket seat
• new asphalt path running through the play area.

The construction was completed in July 2022.

Following this, a fit for purpose outdoor fitness station with requisite safety surfacing, was installed in September 2022.

Wadestown play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• adding a fountain
• a new sandpit, with a shade sail covering the area
• amenity planting
• 2 springer play equipment
• a senior module
• a junior module with slide
• a senior module with slide, monkey bar and Burmese bridge
• in-ground trampoline
• inclusive carousel
• refurbished bowl spinner
• larger swing set, including a basket style seat
• new asphalt path running through the play area.

The construction was completed in July 2022.

Waipapa play area

The refresh included:

• new safety surfacing
• refurbished springer seesaw
• refurbished fire engine
• new play module with 2 slides
• new lunar carousel
• mini flying fox
• new swing set
• refurbished furniture
• new monkey bars
• additional picnic table up the top entrance.

The construction was completed in July 2022.

Prior to the playground renewal, Hataitai Community House engaged the Council to project manage reconfiguring their sandpit and creating a decked seating area.