Little River playground renewal

The playground equipment at the Heritage Park Little River is nearing the end of its useable life.

It’s time to get some new equipment that’s safe and fun for a range of ages and abilities, as well as being easy to maintain.

The new playground will include six new pieces of equipment, which can be installed within the space available. We will also install a new picnic table, balance logs and stepping posts.

The Little River Wairewa Community Trust are seeking funding from other organisations for additional planting a boardwalk, bike/pump track, picnic area, pedestrian entrance and a new fence.

Is there anything we need to know before starting our work?

You can fill in the form below, or even better, come to say hello at the Community Breakfast.

The project team will consider any public feedback on the whole site and produce a report which will make recommendations to the Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū/Banks Peninsula Community Board. 

If approved, construction of the playground is expected to start in late 2021, subject to weather conditions and contractor availability.

The Little River Wairewa Community Trust

The Little River Wairewa Community Trust are a non-profit Incorporated Society working to promote the sustainable development of the Wairewa area. They regularly apply for funding for community projects.

You can read more about the Little River Wairewa Community Trust and what they do, online: littleriver.org.nz(external link) (click the LRWCTrust tab).

We worked closely with the Little River Wairewa Community Trust (LRWCT) on the development of the landscape plan. Their input has been very valuable around understanding the community and ensuring we developed a plan to meet the needs of the Little River Community.

The project team carried out pre-engagement in November 2019 at the Little River Community Breakfast. There were photos of different types of play equipment and movement types that residents could place dots on their favourite items in each category. This feedback was used to develop the landscape plan that was used for community consultation in November 2020.

Community consultation was open from 17 November to 8 December 2020.

We went to the Little River Community breakfast on Sunday 29 November 2020 to ask people what they thought of the landscape plan.

The public information leaflet was distributed to local businesses and were available at the Little River Library and Service Centre.

A sign was installed at the playground with a holder for feedback forms, and the consultation information was available on Council’s Have Your Say page.

Throughout this period we received nine submissions, all nine were in favour of the proposal and some of the comments were to add a set of monkey bars, a bench seat and alternatives to treated timber.

Five of the submitters also commented on the wider area proposal. They were supportive of the future work that is planned for the area.

The low number of submissions is typical for when pre-engagement is carried out.

Submissions [PDF, 140 KB]

Te Pataka o Rakaihautu/Banks Peninsula Community Board decision meeting minutes(external link)

Changes following consultation

We have added a bench seat into the plan following consultation with the community.