Park / Reserve – ADCOSS

Albert Park

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Albert Park is one of Auckland’s most important parks with its central location in the heart of the city, its long history and distinctive character.

The papakainga (village) that occupied the site prior to European settlement was named Rangipuke. In 1845 the Albert Barracks were built there.

At one corner of the park is the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and gardens, and on the other side is the original park-keeper’s cottage, which is now a museum of memorabilia. The park also features a range of statuary and memorials, as well as formal flowerbeds, a Victorian fountain and mature trees.

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Auckland Domain

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Auckland Domain is the city’s oldest park. It is spacious and diverse.

The Wintergardens are a feature of the Domain with the Auckland War Memorial Museum sitting at the highest point. There are formal gardens, duck ponds, large green open spaces edged by mature trees, bush walks and statuary.

The 75ha park has been developed around the cone of an extinct volcano. The ‘tuff rings’ created by volcanic activity thousands of years ago can be seen in the land contours and forms a natural amphitheatre with about 10 hectares developed as first-class sports fields.

The Formal Gardens evolved from an 1860s Auckland Acclimatisation Society site to test and propagate exotic trees, birds, and trout.

The Duck Ponds are the source, in 1866, of Auckland’s first piped water supply.

The nearby kiosk made its debut at the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1913-1914 as ‘the ideal New Zealand house’.

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Cornwall Park

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The park is renowned for its landscape design and wide variety of mature trees. It is centred on a volcanic cone, One Tree Hill, with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen.

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Dove-Myer Robinson Park

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Also known as Parnell Rose Garden, Nancy Stein Memorial Gardens, Pohutukawa area, Judges Bay, St Stephens Cemetery and Fred Ambler Lookout.

The park is a festival of colour and scent as some 5000 rose bushes grow there. The park is named after the popular and longest serving mayor who served Auckland for 18 years.

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Michael Joseph Savage Memorial

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Takaparawhau, also known as Whenua Rangatira, covers 49 hectares of harbour-edge land high above Tamaki Drive. A key feature is the Michael Joseph Savage Memorial, a tribute to the first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand and the founder of the Welfare State. The park offers panoramic views over Whenua Rangatira, Auckland city and Waitemata Harbour. It is adjacent to the Ngati Whatua papakainga.

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One Tree Hill Domain

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If you want to ramble through wide green spaces, One Tree Hill Domain and the neighbouring Cornwall Park form the largest area of parkland in Auckland City. The pastoral Cornwall Park, grazed by sheep and cattle, gives you the impression you are in the countryside.

Maungakiekie/One Tree Hill is Auckland’s largest and intact volcanic cone excluding Rangitoto and you get extensive city views from the summit. The 183 metre volcano has three caters and a lava field that extends to the Manukau shoreline.

The area was the largest and most intensively settled pa in Auckland, and was the centre of the Maori occupation during the 18th century when tribes of the region were united under the paramount chief Kiwi Tamaki. It is also associated with many of Auckland’s influential figures including Sir George Grey and Sir John Logan Campbell who is buried on the summit.

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Parks and facilities in Auckland

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View the Auckland Council website with a list of parks and facilities in the Auckland region.

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Search for a park near you

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A link to the Auckland City Council website where you can search for a park using a suburb or facility you would like it to have.

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Silo Park

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Silo Park is a free public space that can be enjoyed by both young and old.
During the summer season, Silo Park plays host to more than 50 events, activations and exhibitions attracting people from all over Auckland.

Events include the ever-popular Silo Cinema where films are projected onto the side of Silo7 to create a magical open-air movie theatre.

The monthly Silo Sessions are also a great draw card showcasing a wide variety of local and international musical talent to cater for all tastes.

Silo Social introduces visitors to a new dance style each Sunday from 3:00pm, in a free outdoor dance workshop.

The Silo Sessions and Silo Cinema are complemented by the hustle and bustle of the Silo Markets that take place on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons – weather permitting.

Other attractions include The Gantry and the Wynyard Play Space.

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Western Park

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Also known as Tuna Mau.
This is one of the city’s most notable open spaces covering about 8ha.

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Western Springs Park

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Also known as Waiorea. Western Springs is a wildlife sanctuary surrounding a natural spring-fed lake, one of Auckland’s early water supplies. The park is surrounded by a cluster of major nearby attractions including the Auckland Zoo, Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT), the Chamberlain Park Golf Course and the Western Springs stadium.

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