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Rue Balguerie Playground

Botanic

From the air

aerial view of Rue Balguerie Playground and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Akaroa, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

The camping bylaw names this ground, Akaroa Prohibited Area: no camping. The zone drawings sit at /rules.

More green in Akaroa

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 2 pieces of play equipment (2 swings) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 8 seats (8 seats).

The register’s commission date puts the gear in 2008.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

The plaques on this ground

Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.

The reports on this ground

28 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Roads & footpaths, 19 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Rue Balguerie Playground?

1,918 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Rue Balguerie Playground?

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

What kind of place is Rue Balguerie Playground?

Botanic.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.