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Playground refreshes

The Council carries out a scheduled programme to refresh playgrounds across the city. This makes sure our facilities meet current safety standards, and offer a fun play experience for our younger residents.

Recently refreshed play areas

Homebush Park play area

Homebush Park neighbourhood play area

The renewal included:

  • Flying fox
  • Tower with 2 slides
  • Accessibility station
  • Swing set, including basket swing
  • Refurbished bowl spinner
  • Spica spinner
  • Seesaw
  • New safety surfacing
  • Extension of the track to the play area
  • New and refurbished memorial seats
  • Refurbishing the rubbish bin

The construction was completed in January 2025.

Churton Park play area

Churton Park community play area

The renewal included:

  • Junior module with slides
  • Large Senior module with Tower slide, balancing, monkey bars and climbing opportunities
  • Flying fox
  • Swing set including basket swing, accessible swing and parent and child swing
  • Inclusive trampoline
  • Inclusive carousel
  • Refurbished bowl spinner and spica
  • Refurbished seesaw
  • Adding shade sails
  • Refurbished seats
  • New picnic tables
  • New safety surfacing
  • Amenity planting
  • Communication Board

The construction was completed in December 2024.

Holloway Road play area

Holloway Road neighbourhood play area

The renewal included:

  • Play module with slide
  • Swing set, including an accessible swing
  • Springer seesaw
  • New safety surfacing
  • Adding a bike rack
  • Adding a rubbish bin
  • Adding a picnic table
  • Push-up bars

The construction was completed in December 2024.

Salford Street play area

Salford Street neighbourhood play area

The renewal included:

  • An accessible path into the site
  • Swing set, including an accessible swing
  • Carousel
  • Shop front
  • Springer seesaw
  • Large Tower module with 2 slides
  • New safety surfacing
  • Adding a picnic table

The construction was completed in December 2024.

Burbank Crescent play area with a series of swings and a blue slide featured in the distance.
Burbank Crescent play area

Burbank Crescent play area, Churton Park

The renewal included:

  • Transferable carousel
  • Swing set, with a basket seat, 1 belt seats and 1 inclusive seat
  • Play module with slides and climbing opportunities
  • Concrete path connecting to the play area
  • Springer accommodating up to 4 users
  • New safety surfacing
  • Picnic tables and rubbish bin
  • Refurbished bench seats

The construction was completed in August 2024.

A play area with a tower reached by climbing wall. Two slides lead down from the turret at the top.
Korimako Reserve play area

Korimako Reserve play area

The renewal included:

  • Carousel
  • Swing set, with 2 belt seats and 2 infant/toddler seats
  • Tower unit with 2 slides
  • 4 square ball game area
  • Synthetic safety surfacing for all-weather use of the play equipment
  • Fencing around the play area & a section in the kick-around area
  • Picnic tables, bench seats & rubbish bins
  • Shade sail, which is to be reinstalled prior to summer.

The construction was completed in July 2023, but we had to wait for the land to be vested from the developer to the Council.

 

Contact us

If you have any questions, email playground.upgrades@wcc.govt.nz