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Sports Grounds

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Whangārei District caters for traditional sporting activities, such as rugby, soccer, cricket, hockey and netball.

Our rugby and cricket grounds at Okara Sports Park and the BMX tracks at Pohe Island are of international standard. The turf facilities at Kensington Park host hockey matches at a national level.

The District's sports grounds can be booked for special events, tournaments, games and casual use.

Book a sports ground / sports park

The locations of sports grounds in the District can be found in our GIS Maps online tool.

Sports grounds GIS Map

You can enter an address or suburb to find sports grounds or you can zoom in and out on the map. You can click on an icon to view the address and other information.

Cancellations and closures

You can find out whether sportsgrounds are open or not on the 'Is the Game On' website.

Is the Game On? - Sportsground closures (isthegameon.co.nz)

Smoke free and vape free policy

We promote smoke free and vape free at all our playgrounds, sportsfields and neighbourhood parks, in the interest of protecting the environment and everyone’s health.

Smoke free and Vape free Policy

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Use our online forms to report sportsground issues.

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Congratulations to award recipients

Congratulations to the recipients of this year’s Civic Honours, Hilary Gittos, Robin Lieffering, Elizabeth Shepherd (Auntie Bess) and Beryl Wilkinson.
Through tireless work, commitment and generosity of spirit, each of these nominees has made our District a better place.

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Temporary road layout changes

The roundabout has reduced to a single lane each way. We are advising people to choose alternate routes to avoid congestion during peak hours.

Port Road temporary layout changes

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Land Information Memorandum (LIM) applications closedown period

Close-down period for LIM applications is from 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024. Any LIM application received during this time will be deemed as received on 11 January 2024.
If you require a LIM before 20 December 2023, you will need to order prior to 7 December 2023.

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RMA and Building Act applications closedown period

Please allow for extra days that statutory holidays can add to processing times for applications. Get your applications in on time to avoid disappointment.
The close-down period for processing Resource Management Act and Building Act applications is from 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024, inclusive.

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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act closedown period

Closedown period for processing alcohol licence applications is from 20 December 2023 to 15 January 2024.
To ensure your alcohol licence applications are received and processed before our statutory closedown period (20 December to 15 January), the applications must be received by 11 November 2023.

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Official Information Act requests closedown period

Please allow for extra days that statutory holidays can add to processing times for requests.

The close-down period for processing Official Information Act requests is from 20 December 2023 to 10 January 2024.

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Recycling and rubbish collections on Christmas

There will be no kerbside rubbish collection on Monday 25 December. All collection days will be delayed by one day. The normal collection schedule will resume on Monday January 1.

Rubbish collection

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All transfer stations closed on Christmas day

All transfer stations are closed on Christmas Day.
On other days, summer hours apply for rubbish and recycling stations.

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Summer Essential Information

Sports Grounds

Cancellations and closures

Smoke free and vape free policy

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