Amazing playground. So many things from exercise equipment, flying food, sandpit, walking track, slides, swings, tunnels, water play, seesaws etc etc
Kopupaka Playground
Spring Garden Avenue, Westgate, Auckland 0814
Why these ages?
Infant swing, water play, sand pit, in-ground trampoline, mini carousels, tunnels and turf surface all target toddlers well; multiple reviews explicitly cite ages 1-2 loving it. Tower slide climb-hazard flagged in one review is real but not deal-breaking with basic supervision. Reserve pond is set back on the loop walk, not adjacent to play equipment.
What's here
Kopupaka Playground in Westgate is a very large, very well equipped destination playground built around a custom tower shaped like stacked crates, in a nod to the area's market garden and strawberry growing past, with a winding slide down from the top.
Equipment
History and Cultural
Practical Info
Good to know
HistoryOpened within the last 5 years (as of the McNoe 2026 survey).
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteKopupaka Reserve playground at Westgate features a custom tower built from old strawberry crates to honour the heritage of the area, with a winding slide, mini trampolines, mini carousels, swings, seesaws, a cable way, balance balls, tunnels, climbing wall, sand pit and water play.
Source: totstoteens.co.nzOn siteEquipment includes swing (with infant swing), water play, slide, tower with tubular slide, climbing frame, rocking equipment, balance equipment, see-saw, spring toy, climbing mound, flying fox, inground trampoline, balance spheres, basket swing, tunnels, deep dish rocker, sand play.
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteJunior-suitable items include basket swing, infant swing, spring toy, inground tramp, water play, tunnel, sand play.
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteThe playground's rubber safety surfacing was moulded into long 'strawberry' mounds as a direct nod to the site's history as a strawberry field, rather than being purely decorative.
Source: numatrec.co.nzAmenitiesPlayground surface: artificial.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesSite amenities include public toilets, a drinking fountain, a barbecue, picnic tables, seating.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesSite size category: 4 Very large.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesConfirmed playground in Auckland Council's asset register.
Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.comAmenitiesSite amenities registered: 8 fitness stations, 2 drinking fountains, a BBQ.
Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.com
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