Playground refreshes

Recently refreshed play areas

Nairnville Park play area

The refresh included:

• New safety surfacing
• Refurbished furniture
• New junior module with slide
• New swings which includes an inclusive seat
• New dual slides down the bank
• Replacement of the old non-compliant helicopter with a bespoke model
• Two shade sails and a shelter
• Wehopper spinner
• Albatross seesaw
• Inclusive carousel
• New flying fox
• Adjusted fencing to better control access onto Cockayne road

Grenada Village play area

The refresh included:

• New safety surfacing
• Refurbished climbing net
• New play module with 2 slides
• New swings which include an inclusive seat
• Refurbishing the bowl spinner
• Refurbished furniture

The construction was completed in June 2023.

Warwick St play area

The refresh included:

• New safety surfacing
• Replacing the basketball frame & hoop with a standardised one at the regulation height
• New swings which include an inclusive seat
• Refurbishing the climbing wall
• New play module with slide, mini flying fox & monkey bars
• Refurbishing the bowl spinner & seesaw
• Refurbished furniture
• Refurbished lights

The construction was completed in April 2023.

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 separate 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.

Te Aro Mahana

The new play space has been designed as a series of interconnected play areas within a maritime and coastal landscape theme. Mana whenua - Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika has gifted the new play space the name Te Aro Mahana. The name acknowledges the site’s enduring connection to Te Aro Pā by remembering the warmth and sense of belonging for Taranaki iwi to their ancestral land.

The refresh included:

• Bespoke lighthouse with 2 slides
• Shade sail
• Hinaki (fish trap) climbing equipment
• Bespoke waka crafted by artist Matthew McIntyre-Wilson (Taranaki, Ngā Māhanga, and Titahi)
• Talk tubes
• Inclusive carousel
• Swing set with a basket swing, inclusive seat, infant seats and belt seats
• Talk tubes
• Themed safety surfacing designed by artist Matthew McIntyre-Wilson
• New furniture
• Amenity planting
• Communication boards in English and Reo are still to be installed

Botanic garden ki Paekākā play area

Following a two-stage public consultation process, a themed design was developed, referencing bees and the flora they pollinate.

The refresh included:

• 2 seated flying fox
• Monkey bars
• Bespoke tower with 3 slides
• Junior module
• Seesaw
• Swing set with a basket swing, inclusive seat, infant seat and belt seats
• Musical panels
• 2 bee springers
• Timber log climbing unit
• Transferable carousel
• Talk tubes
• Themed safety surfacing
• 3 shade sails
• New furniture
• The upper play area is fully fenced
• Amenity planting
• Communication boards in English and Reo