# Roto Kohatu

Regional · 46 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1612-roto-kohatu

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Harewood](https://www.chch.live/harewood), 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=-43.46421030870841&lon=172.5749570620319)

## More green in Harewood
- [Nunweek Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1736-nunweek-park), Sports ground · 20 ha
- [Harewood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1207-harewood-park), Botanic · 11 ha
- [Styx River Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1353-styx-river-reserve), 2 ha
- [Smacks Creek Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1489-smacks-creek-riverbank-reserve), 1 ha
- [Smacks Creek Esplanade Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1640-smacks-creek-esplanade-reserve)
- [Hockey Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1386-hockey-park)
- [Benmore Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1479-benmore-gardens-reserve)
- [Springvale Gardens Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1799-springvale-gardens-reserve)

## What’s built on this ground

No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground.

Also on the register: 2 seats (2 seats), 4 picnic tables, 2 barbecues (open fire), 4 outdoor showers and 2 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl).

The register’s commission dates run 2008 to 2019.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand 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.
- [Roto Kohatu – Shingle Lakes](https://www.chch.live/plaque/90517-roto-kohatu), Roto Kohatu · 2003

## The reports on this ground
174 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/9075975), Roto Kohatu Reserve 1 Outlook Place, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/9074466), Roto Kohatu Reserve 1 Outlook Place, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9017349), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/9005179), [1 Outlook Place, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/1-outlook-place)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8935475), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8714694), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8269388), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8216763), [546 Sawyers Arms Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/546-sawyers-arms-road)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8205536), [54 Greywacke Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/54-greywacke-road)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8189408), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8099480), Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8070093), [54 Greywacke Road, Harewood, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/harewood/54-greywacke-road)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.46421030870841&lon=172.5749570620319

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Roto Kohatu?**

46 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Roto Kohatu?**

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

**What kind of place is Roto Kohatu?**

Regional.

**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=1612 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026
