Best places: Parks in Puketāpapa, New Zealand

This tranquil, grassy park with a cafe & creamery is popular with runners, bikers & picnickers.

👍👍 Take a day trip out to the west coast’s Muriwai Beach and experience the huge gannet colony. There are a number of viewing platforms that allow you to get quite close to them. Try and go on a nice clear sunny day to make the most of it.

Established city park containing museums, memorials & the entire blast crater of Pukekawa volcano.

👍 Beautiful place.. Stunning views.. Can see gannet Colony.. Sunset..

Clifftop walking trails plus swimming & kite flying in a beach park with BBQ & picnic sites.

Bayside sanctuary with a boat ramp, 3 beaches & campgrounds, plus paddocks with farm animals.

Landmark volcanic peak providing panoramic views, 2 parks, memorial statues & a graveside obelisk.

Camping & hiking are popular at this farm park with wildlife, pastured animals & lava flows.

Leafy coastal area featuring facilities such as trails, a campground, a boat ramp & beaches.

This mountaintop park offers a short hike to the summit with city skyline & harbor views.

Former military fortifications atop a grassy headland, with tunnels & guns, plus harbour views.

Hilly park overlooking the gulf, with a beach, campground, farm animals & pa (Maori earthworks).

👍👍 A great destination to visit. We followed the red trail (there are few colour coded trails) which had lots of good scenic spots, with farm lands, beach and forest. It's not a hard trail, 50:50 hill to flat land ratio I would say. There are trail markers and maps, so it is easy to find your way. We e...

👍👍 Such an incredible park that is not spoken about enough. It’s massive and there’s boards along the way to tell you where you are. Dogs off leashes are kept in the centre. Incredible views and park is well maintained.

Historically significant, tree-filled park with flowerbeds, a Victorian fountain & statues.

Wide beach for walks & swimming, with nearby eateries & an adjacent park for picnics.

Recreation area featuring 2 colorful rose gardens, plus an observation deck overlooking the water.

👍👍 Wonderful place for the kids, with alot of safety measures taken but be ware it's not an enclosed park and it might be risky if the kids will run out to the road. But generally it's a fun place for the kids and an open space for the adults.

Camping & kayaking at beaches, plus hill walks over pastures & around a former Maori settlement.

👍👍 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...