Purau Recreation Ground
From the air
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 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 2021Flooding, 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
4,410 m² by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside Diamond Harbour, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
A park or reserve.
Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.