# Purau Recreation Ground

Community · 4410 m²

https://www.chch.live/park/1298-purau-recreation-ground

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Diamond Harbour](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour), 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=-43.639028944810576&lon=172.75052910638942)

The camping bylaw names this ground, Purau Prohibited Area: no camping. [The zone drawings](https://www.chch.live/rules).

## More green in Diamond Harbour
- [Stoddart Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1274-stoddart-point-reserve), 22 ha
- [Coastal Cliff Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1346-coastal-cliff-reserve), 18 ha
- [Black Point Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1327-black-point-reserve), 1 ha
- [Purau Foreshore](https://www.chch.live/park/1616-purau-foreshore), 1 ha
- [Laurenson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1184-laurenson-park)
- [Jervois Close Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1320-jervois-close-park)
- [Kirk Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1352-kirk-park)
- [Rawhiti Street Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1271-rawhiti-street-park)

## 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 drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/3638771), [183 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/183-purau-avenue)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3516386), Purau Reserve 183 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/2959120), [183 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/183-purau-avenue)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1931438), [187R, Purau Avenue, Purau, Canterbury, 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/187r-187r)
- [Roading/Streets](https://www.chch.live/report/1645709), [193 Purau Avenue, Purau 8972, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/193-purau-avenue)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/591711), [187R, Purau Avenue, Purau, 8972, Canterbury](https://www.chch.live/diamond-harbour/187r-187r)
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/465320), 189, Purau Avenue, Purau, 8972, Canterbury

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.639028944810576&lon=172.75052910638942

## 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.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1298 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026