Parks , Reserves and Playgrounds

Paeroa Domain and Playground

6 Willoughby Street, Paeroa

The Paeroa Domain is the key recreational facility in Paeroa and one of Council’s premier reserves.

The main entrance to the Paeroa Domain is located on Willoughby Street. Access is also available from the bordering streets, Arney Street and King Street.

The domain includes a children’s playground, public toilets, two full sized rugby fields, junior soccer fields, five netball courts, a netball pavilion, two croquet greens, a croquet pavilion, numerous clubrooms, and a grandstand with showering and changing facilities.

Frequent sporting events as well as annual community events, including the Paeroa Highland Games and Tattoo and Highland Tattoo and the Lion's Fireworks Display, are held at the picturesque domain throughout the year. It's also a great picnic spot, whether you are a resident or passing through

• Playground
• Public Toilets
• Two full sized rugby fields
• Five netball courts
• Netball pavilion
• Croquet pavilion
• Grandstand – with changing / showering facilities
• Picnic area
• Band rotunda
• Clubrooms (netball, athletics, rugby and croquet

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Ōhinemuri Park

158 Normanby Road, Paeroa

Ōhinemuri Park is home to the world famous in New Zealand, Lemon & Paeroa bottle.

The L&P bottle is one of New Zealand's most photographed icons. In fact it's because it is such a popular icon to photograph that we shifted it back from its original spot, too near the edge of the road, and built a whole park around it.

You will find plenty of room to park as well as seating and grassed areas suitable for picnicking or stretching your legs.

Over the stop-bank, behind the park, is the Ōhinemuri River.

• Public toilets
• Car parking
• Picnic areas
• Tourist Destination

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Primrose Hill Recreation Reserve

13 Arney Street, Paeroa

Primrose Hill, originally called Kakaipo and Tui Kairangi. Primrose Hill is said to be named after the Primrose family who lived adjacent to the area in the 1930s. From the summit viewpoint lovely panoramic views of the surrounding country, including the Hauraki Plains, can be enjoyed.

On the reserve is a replica of the London Cenotaph that serves as the War Memorial for the district. Nearby is the memorial erected in memory of Sergeant-Major Bradford, the first New Zealand soldier to fall in the South African War. Also at the summit is a memorial cairn, erected by the Rotatry Club, that has a directional compass pointing to the various features of the surrounding district.

Primrose Hill is the highest point in Paeroa, giving a great view of the township and surrounding area. The drive up the hill begins from Wood Street behind the Paeroa Kindergarten.

During the evening the lighting on the cenotaph cycles through an array of colour, visible for quite a distance.

Every ANZAC day dawn services are held on Primrose Hill at the foot of the War Memorial Cenotaph.

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Brenan Field Recreation Reserve

Norwood Road, Paeroa

The reserve has a marked out sports field used for rugby practice, a skateboarding facility, and a walking track. The reserve is separated from Centennial Park by a drainage reserve.

• Small skate park
• Dog exercise area

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Centennial Park Reserve

5 Towers Street, Paeroa

This sport and recreation reserve consists of two full sized rugby fields with a grassed cricket wicket area and a concrete wicket area between the two fields. It is separated from Brenan Field Recreation Reserve by a drainage reserve.

• Paeroa Rugby
• Paeroa Touch Rugby
• Cricket
• A fitness trail with a number of exercise stations that will continue on to Centennial Park.

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Edwards Place Recreation Reserve

14 Edwards Place, Paeroa

The Edwards Place reserve is a relatively flat grassed piece of land with a half basketball court and some playground equipment. Access to the reserve is also possible via a ROW from Ainslie Road. Use of reserve is by local residents.

• Playground
• Basketball hoop
• Fruit trees

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Leach’s Field

11 Neil Street, Paeroa

This recreation reserve has one access point via Neil Street. The reserve has one marked out rugby / league sports field used for practice. The field may also be used by local residents for walking/exercise.

• Recreation
• Dog exercise area

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Pioneer Park, Hugh Haywood Domain

78 Orchard West Road, Ngātea

The Hugh Hayward Domain is the sporting and recreational hub of the Hauraki Plains. Used for rugby, football, athletics, cricket, netball, touch and hockey, the Domain boasts the only Astroturf playing surface in the greater Coromandel and Thames Valley area.

Pioneer Park is situated at the front of the Hugh Hayward Domain.

The redeveloped park boasts a large modern playground, a street style skate park, a basketball hoop, plenty of seats, and state-of-the-art public toilets and BBQ.

Other features of the park include Remembrance and Ashes Walls, an impressive bronze sculpture by world renowned New Zealand sculptor, Paul Dibble, and a row of five mature London Plane trees (Platanus x hispanica), which have been listed as significant trees by the Council.

Ngātea Public Swimming Pool is also located in the domain.

• Playground
• Skate park
• Astroturf Hockey field
• Two full sized Rugby Grounds
• Football grounds
• Six netball courts
• Combined clubrooms for rugby / netball / football / athletics / cricket / touch rugby
• Grandstand with changing and showering facilities
• Picnic areas
• Public Toilets
• BBQ
• Ngātea Swimming pool

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Tilbury Reserve, Ngātea

Corner of Orchard Road and River Road, Ngātea

Named after local pioneering identity, Harry Tilbury, a drover who lived in a cottage that used to be sited on the reserve, Tilbury Reserve is a flat grass area on Orchard West Rd (and opposite Kaihere Rd), adjacent to the Piako River in Ngātea.

Located on the reserve is the Millennium Bridge, a half scale working model of the old Piako River Bridge centre span. The inclusion of a couple of picnic tables completes this spot as a great place to stop, stretch your legs and read about the history of the bridge.

Constructed in 2002 using funds raised by the community it is a reminder of the earlier importance of river travel to the Plains area.

• Picnic area
• Tourist destination

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Kaiaua Pirate Ship Playground

East Coast Road, Kaiaua

This themed adventure playground is an excellent spot on the remarkable Kaiaua Coast, also named the seabird or shorebird coast, for any young pirate to have fun and exercise.

• Adventure Playground
• Tourist destination
• Public toilets
• Car parking
• Picnic area which is a starting point to the Hauraki Rail Trail
• Freedom camping

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Ray’s Rest

East Coast Road, Kaiaua

The reserve is off East Coast Road, approximately 4.5 km south of Kaiaua township and adjacent to the Firth of Thames.

Camping is restricted to self-contained vehicles holding and displaying current NZS 5465:2001 certification, maximum two night stay in any one calendar month.

Please note that camping at the south end of Rays Rest Reserve is prohibited. Find out more about Freedom Camping in the Hauraki District.

• Freedom camping

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Kerepēhi Playground

Corner of Kaikāhu Road and Pakatoa Street, Kerepēhi

The park was gifted to the community by the NZ Dairy Company at the time following the closure of the Kerepēhi Milk Processing Plant.

It is an open grassed area with children's playground equipment set inside soft fall, and a couple of well-placed picnic tables.

• Playground
• Picnic areas
• Car parking

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Gilmour Reserve

2 George Street, Waihī

Gilmour Reserve is now a well-established, picturesque spot for picnics, relaxation, walking, duck feeding and model boat sailing. Public toilets are available for comfort stops and a pre-schooler's playground, fully fenced, will keep under-fives and parents happy by the lakeside.

• Duck pond and fountain
• Fully fenced Playground – suitable for pre-school children
• Picnic area
• Rubbish bins
• Public Toilets

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Morgan Park

130 Kenny Street, Waihī

The Park is a main centre for recreation and active sporting activity in Waihī and is the focus of the sports hub developed by Sport ‘n’ Action, Waihi.

The original name of the reserve was the Parehuia Domain but this was changed in 1992 to Morgan Park in recognition of the Morgan family.

• Sports fields (with floodlighting)
• Skateboard bowl
• Croquet court and pavilion,
• Cowling green and pavilion,
• Tennis courts and
• Netball courts and pavilion.
• In addition the park provides for football, touch rugby, and croquet.

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