Atawhai Park Playground

You can reach Atawhai Park the easy way or the hard way. The hard way is to walk all the way up the hill following the Bledisloe to Old West Road walkway, when Atawhai Park appears as a nice resting point halfway your walk (and a nice distraction for moaning kids). The easy way is to drive up the hill. The easy way leaves you at the entrance of the walkway, an expanse of some 100mts of grass and uncertainty, until you reach the bend on the path and the playground appears in all its glory. It is quite an accomplished playground for being up the hill, with some seats, shade, a rubbish bin here and there, and a picturesque view of the Tararua Range. Not bad! Parking is on the street, and may be okay the day you go, but there are too many yellow-line restrictions to be sure.

Quiet little playground that is a bit tricky to find at first. Lots of play equipment and a basketball hoop.