Sport and recreation
CBD recreation research
Do you live, work or study in the city centre? Are you interested in
physical recreation, sport or exercise?
We asked for your views on:
- what recreation facilities and activities should be on offer in
the city centre
- what you enjoying doing at the moment and
- what you would like to do in the future.
Thank you to everyone who completed our survey. The winner of the
iPod shuffle was Ian from the North Shore. |
Need to get out?
Summer in the city can be good for your health, as well as getting out and meeting
new people. Breathe some life into your exercise routine and make the most of what's
on offer.
There are plenty of affordable, healthy ways to have fun and get fit. We have
a citywide network of:
- nine recreation centres
- 12 swimming pools
- three public golf courses
- more than 100 public tennis courts
- 550 sports fields
- 10 skate parks.
Click on the links below for the locations, opening times, facilities and costs
of our sport and recreation grounds and centres, or
contact us and request a copy of our community
and recreation facilities guide.
Learn about some great free physical activities opportunities in your
community.
Work it out at one of our recreation centres. All of the recreation centres have
excellent facilities for you to keep fit or take part in sports programmes at reasonable
rates.
Get away from the daily grind and enjoy our 10 great inner city running routes.
From paddling at Grey Lynn to freestyle at the Olympic swimming pools citywide,
there's family fun and fitness on tap.
Lifeguards are on duty at every pool during the summer.
Want to try your hand at a spot of golf?
The city's public courses are an affordable way to sample the sport - visit Waiheke
Island Country Club, Great Barrier Golf Club or Chamberlain Park in Mt Albert. In
addition to that, The New Zealand
Golf Guide provides you with all the details you need for golf courses around
New Zealand.
If you are looking for a fun activity, great value, that everyone will be able
to participate in and enjoy, then mini golf is for you!
Tennis anyone?
We have more than 100 public tennis courts for you to use across the city. Some
are free and some are available through club membership.
550 sports fields are dotted around the city. Why not get some friends together
to play your sport of choice at one of our parks?
Find dozens of grounds including volleyball (10), netball (3) and basketball
courts (28), petanque terrains (3), and cricket pitches (10).
Use our parks search to
find your most suitable location.
Search the Auckland City Libraries Community Information to You (CITY) database
for clubs and societies associated with sports and physical activity.
Work on those 360 degree turns at one of our thirteen skate parks. Give it a
go!
Use our parks search to
find your closest bowl/ramp.
For weekly updates on sporting events happening in the city and fun ways to get
fit, sign up to our
weekly email newsletter.
Updated September 2009
