# Akaroa Recreation Ground Sports ground · 3 ha https://www.chch.live/park/1018-akaroa-recreation-ground ## Where it sits Its centre falls inside [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline. Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.801825384676135&lon=172.96831095790972) The camping bylaw names this ground, Akaroa Freedom Camping Area: two nights in certified self-contained vehicles only. [The zone drawings](https://www.chch.live/rules). ## More green in Akaroa - [Misty Peaks Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1041-misty-peaks-reserve), Regional · 500 ha - [Takapuneke Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1806-takapuneke-reserve), Regional · 10 ha - [L'aube Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1200-l-aube-hill-reserve), 7 ha - [Stanley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1663-stanley-park), 7 ha - [Garden Of Tane](https://www.chch.live/park/1106-garden-of-tane), Botanic · 6 ha - [Green Point Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1693-green-point-park), 4 ha - [Akaroa Boat Park](https://www.chch.live/park/972-akaroa-boat-park), 2 ha - [Takamatua Stream Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1846-takamatua-stream-esplanade-reserve), 1 ha ## What’s built on this ground No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground. Also on the register: 13 seats (8 seats and 5 benches), 5 picnic tables, 1 barbecue (electric) and 3 pieces of sports gear (1 cricket net, 1 skateboard rail and 1 basketball hoop). The register’s commission dates run 2000 to 2018. The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground. ## Sport and dogs on this ground The recreation register marks 17 playing surfaces on this ground, 3 Cricket, 3 Tennis, 3 Netball, 3 Pickleball, BMX, Petanque and 3 other codes, graded intermediate, senior and junior on mixed dirt, sand-based astroturf, asphalt and concrete, 2 run a winter or summer booking season. The register books them by name, BMX, Senior Cricket Block 1, Training Cricket Block, Tennis Court 2, Tennis Court 1 and Tennis Court 3, and 8 more named grounds. The summer window runs October to March; the winter window runs April to August; match days land on Saturday and Sunday; training runs Monday to Friday. The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground. ## The plaques on this ground Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here. - [An Akaroa and Bays Lions Project](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310714-akaroa-recreation-ground), Akaroa Recreation Ground · 2018 - [Erected in Memory of Rex & Son Murray Davis Both Had a Life](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4810-akaroa-recreation-ground), Akaroa Recreation Ground · 2008 - [In Loving Memory Len Blomquist 1902 - 1993](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4672-akaroa-recreation-ground), Akaroa Recreation Ground · 2008 - [In Memory of Dave & Doris Woodill Donated by the Woodill](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4681-akaroa-recreation-ground), Akaroa Recreation Ground · 2008 - [In Memory of Ted Armstrong 1912 - 1995](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4813-akaroa-recreation-ground), Akaroa Recreation Ground · 2008 - [To Commemorate Akaroa Cricket Club Centennial 24 February](https://www.chch.live/plaque/4808-akaroa-recreation-ground), Akaroa Recreation Ground · 2008 ## The civic shelf inside Facilities whose point falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the ground in use. - [Akaroa Service Centre](https://www.chch.live/facility/service-centre-15), Service centre ## The reports on this ground 75 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8795915), [28B Rue Jolie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28b-rue-jolie) - [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8632403), [31 Rue Lavaud, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/31-rue-lavaud) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8427749), [28 Rue Jolie, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-jolie) - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/8409392), [28 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-lavaud) - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8358120), Rue Brittan, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8213083), [28 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-lavaud) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8122935), [38 Rue Lavaud, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/38-rue-lavaud) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8028031), [40 Rue Brittan, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40-rue-brittan) - [Sewer General](https://www.chch.live/report/7749098), [28 Rue Jolie, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28-rue-jolie) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7476825), [28B Rue Jolie, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/28b-rue-jolie) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7341817), [40 Rue Jolie, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40-rue-jolie) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7166960), [40 Rue Jolie, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/40-rue-jolie) What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.801825384676135&lon=172.96831095790972 ## Questions, answered briefly **How big is Akaroa Recreation Ground?** 3 hectares by the layer’s own polygon. **Where is Akaroa Recreation Ground?** Its centre falls inside Akaroa, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline. **What kind of place is Akaroa Recreation Ground?** Sports ground. **Where does this record come from?** Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it. Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1018 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026