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Hansen Park

Sports ground · 12 ha

From the air

aerial view of Hansen Park and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Where it sits

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

More green in Opawa

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 67 pieces of play equipment (21 handrails, 11 platforms, 7 panels, 6 climbing-nets, 3 slides, 2 cube/bead sets, 1 monkey bars, 1 ladders and 1 other kind) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 20 seats (17 seats and 3 benches), 2 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain (bottle filler and dog bowl) and 4 pieces of sports gear (2 basketball hoops and 2 goal posts).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2026.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 16 playing surfaces on this ground, 4 Football, 3 Shotput, 2 Long Jump, 2 Rugby, Cricket, Discus and 3 other codes, graded senior, intermediate and recreational on sand-based astroturf, asphalt and grass, 7 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Long Jump Pits, Basketball Full Court, Senior Cricket Block 1, Discus Area, Shotput Area and Javelin Area, and 9 more named grounds.

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

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

768 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 648 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 Hansen Park?

12 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Hansen Park?

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

What kind of place is Hansen Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Hansen Park?

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