Cockayne Reserve
Regional · 6 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside New Brighton, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
The camping bylaw names this ground, City Coastal Restricted Zone: city Coastal Restricted Zone – certified self-contained, 4 night max stay per 30 days, move once. The zone drawings sit at /rules.
More green in New Brighton
- Rawhiti Domain, Sports ground · 61 ha
- New Brighton Beach, Regional · 10 ha
- Withells Island Reserve · 4 ha
- Bower Park, Sports ground · 4 ha
- Thomson Park, Sports ground · 2 ha
- New Brighton Beach Developed, Regional · 2 ha
- New Brighton Mall Playground
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: 4 seats (4 seats).
The register’s commission dates run 2009 to 2018.
The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand 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.
Cockayne Reserve plaque · 1899
Cockayne Reserve plaque · 1899
The tracks through it
Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.
- Walk and bike track through New Brighton, 1.2 km · walk · bike
The reports on this ground
261 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 223 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Park - General Request, 532 New Brighton Road, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 8 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 530–533 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 26 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish, New Brighton Rd near Bower Ave, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 16 August 2026
Water General, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 16 June 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 487 New Brighton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 14 May 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 9 May 2026
Animal - Deceased, 47 Rawson Street, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 2 May 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 529 New Brighton Road, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 22 April 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 21 April 2026
Pavement - Damaged, 535 New Brighton Road, New Brighton, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand · 26 January 2026
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
6 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside New Brighton, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
Regional.
One line enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.