Waikanae Playground Refresh – Concept Plan for Waikanae Park Skate and Play Area

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Help us design a concept plan for the Waikanae Park skatepark and play area

Waikanae Park is one of our most popular ‘destination’ parks. This means it has activities and facilities that attract people from all over the region, not just the immediate neighbourhood.

It’s home to several recreational and sporting clubs. It hosts a weekly Saturday market and has a popular playground, skatepark, and pump track. However, the skatepark has now been closed due to safety concerns. As a result, we’ve brought forward plans to rebuild the skatepark in tandem with an upgrade of the playground.

We want to create spaces that are fun, varied and accessible for a wide range of abilities. The skatepark is a major investment so we want it to complement rather than mirror what’s on offer at our Maclean Park Skatepark.

We’re contracting a landscape architect to develop a ‘concept plan’ for the skatepark and playground and we want your input.

Concept planning

A concept plan is for a specific area and outlines what is wanted and where. It considers the best places to site facilities or activities in relation to each other and their surroundings. It considers a community’s vision for how the space will be used and how to get the best use out of the site. It might consider the equipment, plantings, or furniture needed to meet the community’s vision. A ‘concept plan’ sits under the ‘master plan’ - Read the improvements recommended in the master plan for Waikanae Park

Your play, your say | We want your feedback

For the skatepark: Whether you’re a skateboarder, or scooter or BMX rider, your voice matters. What should we consider when deciding:

  • where the skatepark should go
  • what it should include

For the playground: Parents, caregivers, teachers and users:

  • what equipment would you like to see
  • any thoughts on shade, safety, seating, accessibility, drinking fountains etc

This will help us decide:

  • where facilities go in relation to each other
  • what spaces are needed to make the whole area fun, enticing, and safer and more usable.

How you can have your say

We have opened an ideas board, a way for our community to share what inspires them. Ideas can include images or links to other places you like. You can also like and comment directly on each other's ideas.

We are also planning:

  • to have drop-in sessions; more details will be provided later.

What happens next?

Your feedback is important to us and will be taken into consideration when we finalise the final plans.

Keen to stay updated? Register to join the conversation, and sign up for Everything Kāpiti(External link), to get the latest on what's happening across our district straight to your inbox – including events, grant funding opportunities for youth, and other ways you can get involved.


Help us design a concept plan for the Waikanae Park skatepark and play area

Waikanae Park is one of our most popular ‘destination’ parks. This means it has activities and facilities that attract people from all over the region, not just the immediate neighbourhood.

It’s home to several recreational and sporting clubs. It hosts a weekly Saturday market and has a popular playground, skatepark, and pump track. However, the skatepark has now been closed due to safety concerns. As a result, we’ve brought forward plans to rebuild the skatepark in tandem with an upgrade of the playground.

We want to create spaces that are fun, varied and accessible for a wide range of abilities. The skatepark is a major investment so we want it to complement rather than mirror what’s on offer at our Maclean Park Skatepark.

We’re contracting a landscape architect to develop a ‘concept plan’ for the skatepark and playground and we want your input.

Concept planning

A concept plan is for a specific area and outlines what is wanted and where. It considers the best places to site facilities or activities in relation to each other and their surroundings. It considers a community’s vision for how the space will be used and how to get the best use out of the site. It might consider the equipment, plantings, or furniture needed to meet the community’s vision. A ‘concept plan’ sits under the ‘master plan’ - Read the improvements recommended in the master plan for Waikanae Park

Your play, your say | We want your feedback

For the skatepark: Whether you’re a skateboarder, or scooter or BMX rider, your voice matters. What should we consider when deciding:

  • where the skatepark should go
  • what it should include

For the playground: Parents, caregivers, teachers and users:

  • what equipment would you like to see
  • any thoughts on shade, safety, seating, accessibility, drinking fountains etc

This will help us decide:

  • where facilities go in relation to each other
  • what spaces are needed to make the whole area fun, enticing, and safer and more usable.

How you can have your say

We have opened an ideas board, a way for our community to share what inspires them. Ideas can include images or links to other places you like. You can also like and comment directly on each other's ideas.

We are also planning:

  • to have drop-in sessions; more details will be provided later.

What happens next?

Your feedback is important to us and will be taken into consideration when we finalise the final plans.

Keen to stay updated? Register to join the conversation, and sign up for Everything Kāpiti(External link), to get the latest on what's happening across our district straight to your inbox – including events, grant funding opportunities for youth, and other ways you can get involved.


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    This project was consulted on within the last two years, including Council officers interacting with the community at the Saturday market and with young people. What happened to the information gathered through that process?

    Julie Browne asked 5 days ago

    Kia ora Julie and thanks for the question. The comments we received last year have not been lost! They will all feed into this round of engagement and be passed onto our park designers. Ngā mihi

Page last updated: 17 Jun 2025, 03:05 PM