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Western Springs Lakeside Park
Park
👍👍 A lovely park with pond, close to Motat, Auckland Zoo, and the Western Springs Stadium. Just make sure that you aren't wandering around after sunset; as there are plenty of dodgy people lurking around once it gets dark. You can find plenty of swans, ducks and pokeko. You will also find some chickens...
4.60 (1.2K reviews)
(~8.49 km from centre)
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Waterview Reserve (Oakley Park)
Park
👍👍 Awesome splash pad with a great playground as well (more than whats in the photo). Not a lot of shade but new trees have been planted for the future. There's also a skate park, a court and public toilets. Kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves and didn't want to leave.
4.60 (616 reviews)
(~7.07 km from centre)
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Kiwi Valley Farm Park
Farm
👍👍 This place is awesome! Kids will love it. It made me feel like a kid again. There are a lot of animals to pay and feed, as well as horse rides and a tractor ride. When you go up the hill on the tractor, you are able to see Rangitoto and Sky City. The views are amazing!
There is also a fun maze, and...
4.60 (234 reviews)
(~5.85 km from centre)
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Whoa! Studios
Theater company
👍👍 Mr. 3 years old really loves this place. He was afraid to go up at the beginning then refused to go home after he understood how to get in and out.
Many younger kids cried because they could not find the way to climb out.
Food was much better than we expected. It’s too much for us to finish. Ice c...
4.40 (776 reviews)
(~3.65 km from centre)
5
Kopupaka Playground
Playground
👍👍 Such an awesome playground! My kids (aged 1 to 8) all loved it. Something for everyone!
We went today in just about winter but I can imagine it'd get pretty hot in summer and there was only shade sails over the sand area.
Huge flying fox zip line too
Water play area will be amazing in summer
Overall...
4.80 (122 reviews)
(~4.4 km from centre)
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Rocket Park
Playground
👍👍 The baby play area equipment here is a tad old, but it is none the less an excellent playground for big and small kids. The baby playground area is completely covered in soft mats, not too high or big, and adults can walk right into the small castle with their kids which is excellent for my 2 year o...
4.40 (400 reviews)
(~9.14 km from centre)
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Heron Park Playground
Playground
😐 ♿🚻
It's a nice clean park not much equipment for children to play on.The flying fox is cool
It has a good walking track, the field slopes down hill.They have a
Drinking fountain when you get thirsty
Toilets are available.
4.50 (181 reviews)
(~7.4 km from centre)
8
Ken Maunder Park
Park
👍👍 This place was excellent & marvelous,today I enjoyed a lot. sense of place is when people feel a longing of belonging towards a place or a city they are familiar with. When people visit a place for the first time, there is a feeling of anxiety and excitement where they tend to explore their surround...
4.30 (319 reviews)
(~7.3 km from centre)
10
Hart Domain
Playground
😐 Good settings for kids playing, it is close to popular retailer K-mart Henderson; but have limited parking space. No public toilet access available.
4.40 (103 reviews)
(~4 km from centre)
11
Harbutt Reserve
Playground
👍👍 The whole Oakley Creek reserve area is excellent. Lovely forest walk, lots of birds, a nice little waterfall.
Kids love it too!
We went on a drizzly day and it was still nice!
4.30 (90 reviews)
(~8.01 km from centre)