# Hoon Hay Park

Sports ground · 10 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1073-hoon-hay-park

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay), 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=-43.562341636620936&lon=172.59326207551942)

## More green in Hoon Hay
- [Gainsborough Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/915-gainsborough-reserve)
- [Rydal Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1708-rydal-reserve)
- [Kaiwara Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1186-kaiwara-reserve)
- [Hoon Hay Scouts Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1218-hoon-hay-scouts-reserve)

## What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 57 pieces of play equipment (13 handrails, 7 platforms, 5 panels, 3 climbing-walls, 3 steps, 3 ladders, 3 climbing-monkey bars, 3 slides and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on 2 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 9 seats (6 seats and 3 benches), 4 picnic tables, 1 barbecue (gas), 1 drinking fountain and 13 pieces of sports gear (8 goal posts, 2 basketball hoops, 1 skateboard bowl and 1 skateboard rail).

The register’s commission dates run 1995 to 2024.

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 11 playing surfaces on this ground, 6 Rugby, 3 Ki o Rahi, Skateboard and Basketball, graded recreational, senior and junior on asphalt and grass, 5 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Basketball Full Court, Skateboard Area, Senior Rugby Union 1, Senior Rugby Union 2, Senior Rugby Union 3 and Senior Rugby Union 4, and 5 more named grounds.

The winter window runs May to August; the summer window runs October to March; match days land on Tuesday and Saturday; 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.
- [Dedicated to the Memory of / Russell Buchanan](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311042-hoon-hay-park), Hoon Hay Park

## The tracks through it
Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured as drawn, not surveyed.
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-338-hoon-hay), 196 m · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Hoon Hay](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-345-hoon-hay), 78 m · walk · bike

## The reports on this ground
369 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9072744), [75 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/75-mathers-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8964159), [75 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/75-mathers-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8939569), [61 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/61-mathers-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8930851), [61 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/61-mathers-road)
- [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8889848), [13A Newland Street, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/13a-newland-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8833600), Mathers Rd near Redgrave St, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8830503), [61 Mathers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/61-mathers-road)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8826771), [75 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/75-mathers-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8824381), [61 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/61-mathers-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8810845), [54 Mathers Road, Hoon Hay, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/54-mathers-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8802286), [75 Mathers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/75-mathers-road)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8795869), [21 Kevin St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hoon-hay/21-kevin-street)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.562341636620936&lon=172.59326207551942

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Hoon Hay Park?**

10 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Hoon Hay Park?**

Its centre falls inside Hoon Hay, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

**What kind of place is Hoon Hay Park?**

Sports ground.

**Are there tracks through Hoon Hay Park?**

2 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1073 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026
