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Kennedy Park

Beach Road, Castor Bay, Auckland 0620

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All ages0–12+
Why these ages?

Separate shaded preschool/junior zone with own smaller slides+swings makes it a genuine let-them-loose spot for toddlers. Main area has rope web, rock wall, merry-go-round, slides that carry through primary and even keep tweens interested. Beach track exists but is a separate walk, not adjacent.

Accessibility
Partial access
+ Accessible toilet on site
Access notes

Description explicitly names an accessible toilet in the car park, but gives no detail on the playground surface, an accessible path to the equipment, or accessible parking spaces, so overall access to the play area itself is unclear.

What's here

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Kennedy Park is a well stocked playground above Castor Bay on Auckland's North Shore, built around a big rope climbing web and a shaded sandpit, with a separate junior zone for toddlers alongside. It suits a wide age range and pairs naturally with the walk down to the beach.

Good to know

  • HistoryCastor Bay Battery / Te Rahopara o Peretu was constructed in 1941-42, starting April 1941 at an estimated cost of £50,000, comprising two 6-inch gun emplacements and a Battery Observation Post established to cover the Whangaparaoa Passage minefield.

    Source: heritage.org.nz

  • HistoryThe Kennedy Park gun battery overlays a former Māori headland pā, Te Rahopara o Peretu, named for the ancestor Peretu; the pā and battery together illustrate shifts in defensive fortification technology at the site.

    Source: heritage.org.nz

  • HistoryGuns for the Castor Bay battery at Kennedy Park came from the Naval Armaments Depot at Kauri Point, delivered on site 5 April 1941 and test-fired in July 1941.

    Source: kennedypark.org.nz

  • HistoryThe Castor Bay Battery's guns were delivered from the Naval Armaments Depot at Kauri Point on 5 April 1941 and test fired in July 1941; the connecting tunnels were built afterwards by cut-and-fill method between November 1941 and May 1942.

    Source: kennedypark.org.nz

  • AmenitiesConfirmed playground in Auckland Council's asset register.

    Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.com

  • AmenitiesSite amenities registered: 2 drinking fountains.

    Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.com

  • Handy to knowIn the Devonport-Takapuna local board area.

    Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.com
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