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Anderson Park

Greenmeadows, Napier 4112

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Toddler zone0–4Child5–9Tween10+
NearbyTall dropWaterSkateparkAt a distance
Why these ages?

Graduated design puts 'gentler equipment for toddlers at the western end and bigger challenges further east' — toddler zone real but no fence, and same site has 10m tower, skate bowl at eastern end and ponds/model boat facility. NZ Rec Award-winning all-abilities design with musical bridge, braille artwork and double-width slide.

Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible
+ Poured rubber surface (firm for wheels)
Access notes

The description explicitly calls this an all abilities destination playground with a double width slide letting a wheelchair user and a caregiver ride together, non isolating equipment, and braille signage. A photo signal counts 7 rubber surface images across the site, supporting a poured rubber surface though the text itself does not name the surfacing.

What's here

Climbing frameFlying foxPicnic tablesSeesawSlideSwingsToddler areaTrampolineWater playSign in to add

Anderson Park in Greenmeadows is Napier's flagship all abilities destination playground, built around a ten metre tower with dual tube slides that suits families ranging from toddlers to older kids chasing a bigger challenge.

Good to know

  • HistoryThe destination playground was created through collaboration between Napier City Council, design firm Boffa Miskell, and McNatty Construction, and launched in July 2018.

    Source: napier.govt.nz

  • HistoryAnderson Park's 36ha site was formerly a racetrack, once home to Moifaa, the New Zealand-trained horse that won England's 1904 Grand National.

    Source: nzherald.co.nz

  • On siteAnderson Park's destination playground on Taradale Road, Greenmeadows features a 10 metre tall tower with dual tube slides, flying foxes, swings and spinning equipment, interactive water play, a skate bowl at the eastern end, and musical installations including a xylophone, musical bridge and drums.

    Source: napier.govt.nz

  • AccessThe playground includes a double-width slide designed so wheelchair users and their caregivers can go down together, functional artwork with braille messages, and a design with graduated physical challenges from toddlers at the western end through to older children at the eastern end, using non-isolating equipment so children of different abilities can play alongside each other.

    Source: nzherald.co.nz

  • Handy to knowAnderson Park is a 36 hectare park on Taradale Road, Greenmeadows, with pathway networks, ponds, a model railway and model boat facilities alongside the playground, plus picnic seating and shelter, making it suited to family visits and community events.

    Source: napier.govt.nz

  • RecognitionThe playground, which opened at the end of July 2018, won the Outstanding Park Award for 2018 from the New Zealand Recreation Association, presented in Auckland on 25 October 2018. Judges praised the public input and wider stakeholder engagement behind the design, and recognised it as the first all-abilities destination playground of such size and scale in Hawke's Bay.

    Source: nzherald.co.nz

  • RecognitionBoffa Miskell led the design in partnership with Napier City Council and a disabilities reference group; judges called it the first playground of its size and scale to be built to this all-abilities standard in the region.

    Source: boffamiskell.co.nz
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