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Purau Recreation Ground

From the air

aerial view of Purau Recreation Ground and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

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

More green in Diamond Harbour

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 3 pieces of play equipment (1 swing, 1 slide and 1 track glyde) on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 1 picnic table.

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 equipment

The reports on this ground

7 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Water & drains, 4 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Public Toilet, 183 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand · 26 August 2023
  • Overgrown Vegetation, Purau Reserve 183 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand · 17 July 2023
  • Overgrown Vegetation, 183 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand · 9 January 2023
  • Parks, 187R, Purau Avenue, Purau, Canterbury, 8972, New Zealand · 10 November 2021
  • Roading/Streets, 193 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand · 23 June 2021
  • Flooding, 187R, Purau Avenue, Purau, 8972, Canterbury · 12 January 2019
  • Flooding, 189, Purau Avenue, Purau, 8972, Canterbury · 16 July 2018

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 Purau Recreation Ground?

4,410 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Purau Recreation Ground?

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

What kind of place is Purau Recreation Ground?

A park or reserve.

Where does this record come from?

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