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Rawhiti Domain

Sports ground · 61 ha

From the air

aerial view of Rawhiti Domain and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

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

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 97 pieces of play equipment (20 handrails, 11 platforms, 10 balance-fixed beams, 7 obstacles, 5 ladders, 5 climbing-nets, 4 slides, 3 firemans poles and 1 other kind) plus 3 modular units on 3 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 5 m.

Also on the register: 39 seats (21 benches and 18 seats), 15 picnic tables, 5 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl) and 17 pieces of sports gear (10 goal posts, 3 tennis nets, 2 cricket nets and 1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 2009 to 2025.

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

Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 44 playing surfaces on this ground, 8 Rugby, 7 Touch Rugby, 5 Long Jump, 4 Tennis, 4 Archery, 3 Shotput and 9 other codes, graded intermediate, recreational and senior on grass, asphalt and rubber, 21 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Beach Volley Ball, Hammer Throw Circle, Long Jump Pit, Athletic Surface, Track and Discus Area, and 34 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs August to March; match days land on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday; training runs Monday to Friday.

A dog exercise area is marked here, with an a frame, a tunnel and a weave.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit 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.

The tracks through it

Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

The reports on this ground

1,322 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 1,068 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 Rawhiti Domain?

61 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Rawhiti Domain?

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

What kind of place is Rawhiti Domain?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Rawhiti Domain?

3 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.