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Nga Puna Wai

Sports ground · 83 ha

From the air

aerial view of Nga Puna Wai and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

More green in Hillmorton

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 3 pieces of play equipment (1 climbing-net, 1 swing bridge and 1 climbing-monkey bars) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 6 m.

Also on the register: 36 seats (31 benches and 5 seats), 1 picnic table and 11 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl).

The register’s commission dates run 2014 to 2023.

11 springs are mapped rising inside this ground.

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 47 playing surfaces on this ground, 18 Tennis, 9 Athletics, 9 Long Jump, 5 Shotput, 2 Hockey, 2 Rugby League and 1 other code, graded senior on concrete, rubber, sand-based astroturf and sand, 4 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Senior Athletics - High Jump, Senior Athletics, Senior Shotput, Senior Long Jump, Senior Hockey and Senior Tennis, and 4 more named grounds.

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

No register name matches this park, these are the records whose surveyed centroids sit inside its drawn outline.

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

295 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Water & drains, 229 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • General Request, 15–17 Augustine Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 October 2026
  • Facility - General Request, 100 McMahon Drive, Aidanfield, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 10 October 2026
  • Water General, Augustine Drive, Wigram, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 7 October 2026
  • Facility - General Request, 15–17 Augustine Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 28 September 2026
  • Pavement - Damaged, 15–17 Augustine Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
  • Water Leak, 21 Augustine Drive, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 7 September 2026
  • Hazard, vehicle, 17 Augustine Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 6 September 2026
  • Street Light Outage, 31 Templetons Road, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 3 September 2026
  • Park - General Request, 100 McMahon Drive, Aidanfield, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 25 August 2026
  • Hazard, vehicle, Augustine Drive, Wigram, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 August 2026
  • Pavement - Damaged, Nga Puna Wai North 189 Wigram Road, Wigram, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 3 August 2026
  • Street Light Outage, 15 Augustine Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 30 July 2026

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 Nga Puna Wai?

83 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Nga Puna Wai?

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

What kind of place is Nga Puna Wai?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Nga Puna Wai?

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