Use the map below to explore our playgrounds, sportsgrounds, and boat ramps.
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Tasman is a big district and not all of the sportsgrounds are affected in the same way.
We ask that people refer to their own clubs for details on whether their sportsgrounds are open or closed due to bad weather.
As the clubs are best placed to know what’s going on with their own pitches, they are now playing a more proactive role in the closing and opening of their sportsgrounds, and notifying people through their own social media channels.
New or improved play spaces are listed here.
Play equipment has been installed in Rosales Park, between Summersfield Boulevard and Ambrosia Street in Richmond.
Early on in the project, we asked for community feedback and got some great ideas around what aspects would make the space really pop. We think the final development reflects an area that will be well-used and appreciated by all who drop by to socialise, exercise and explore.
We’ve created beautiful natural surrounds which are essential to any park area, as well as awesome play facilities with a climbing tower and big slide, swings, rope agility apparatus, log steppers, and a wheelchair-accessible carousel.
A permanent shade structure will be installed over the exposed aggregate concrete area.
The reserve is more than 3,000 square metres, which we hope will become a focal point of the neighbourhood.
Planting the boundary shrubberies started a few months ago, and those plants are establishing well, with feijoa and lemon trees being added to these areas.
The new Rosales Park improves access to the southwestern side of The Meadows, providing great access between the residential areas to Jubilee Park and the nearby cycleways.
The new playground development for Murchison is a great addition to an already popular part of town.
The playground is named the ‘Bryant family playground’ in honour of former Deputy Mayor and Councillor Stuart Bryant and all he has done for the local community.
In partnership with the Murchison Sport, Recreation & Cultural Centre, with design and build assistance from Kūmanū Environmental, and a big effort from the local community, we’ve now gone a long way towards meeting our goal of creating more recreation opportunities for young people in the area.
This impressive setup rounds out a wider project that has enlivened the area adjacent to the Centre. The play area was completed over winter 2025 and is a wonderful complement to the Four Rivers Flow Zone pump track facility, which has been entertaining locals and visitors since its opening in 2024.
Overall funding of $250,000 was provided to the project, courtesy of Better Off Funding from Central Government. From the funding, we prioritised delivering a high-quality pump track experience, and any remaining funds were allocated towards the playground design and basic equipment, delivered as a separate project this year.
We have certainly made good on that pledge with swings, slides, a seesaw, and other pieces of play equipment now installed.
We have also just installed shade sails and a picnic table at the pump track – a couple of little extras which will make all
the difference come summer!
Exciting, shiny and new equipment has been installed at Coach Place Reserve in Brightwater.
It’s part of a rolling programme of enhancing play facilities to accommodate the recent growth in the Brightwater community and was funded by Reserves Financial Contributions and not from rates.
Reserves Financial Contributions are charges paid by development, like subdivisions and/or building, to cover costs associated with that development.
These charges help pay for roads, solid waste, sewerage, water supply, stormwater infrastructure, and in this case, reserves and community facilities.
In this upgrade, we installed a Kompan Rigel which is a large steel climbing and spinning frame, and a Wehopper mini for the younger playmates.
Golden Bay’s young people and those visiting from out of town are now enjoying new and improved playground equipment at the Pōhara Top Ten Holiday Park thanks to a joint effort.
The old play gear had seen better days and was ready for replacement, so we got together with the operators of the camp and hatched a plan to create an exciting new playground.
The bright shiny new equipment was installed in time for the busy summer period and has turned out to be a very popular place to play.
The Pōhara playground includes various swings, several slides and an array of climbing challenges, and best of all, because it’s a public playground it’s available to be used by the whole community.
There’s a lot more to some of our parks and recreational areas than just playthings for the youngsters.
We have installed fitness equipment in various spots across Tasman.
For example, in the Berryfields and Meadows neighbourhoods, there are a couple of places where you can get your fitness fix in our parks.
In Central Park, we’ve installed four types of multi-functional fitness objects.
You can use the Endurance Wellness Stone for a wide variety of exercises, including intense sequences aimed at strengthening the chest and triceps muscles. Elastic bands with various resistance levels can be attached to the four hooks to perform strength and coordination exercises.
The high and low box jumps are workout tools that are extremely popular among fitness professionals. They allow an explosive movement, outstanding for strengthening glutes, quads and calves, while improving balance and agility.
The bi-level pull-ups are designed to increase mass and strength in the upper body. Two-level pull-up bars provide complete and multifunctional exercises for beginners and professional users.
Then you can use the converging p-bars to develop balance and strength in your triceps, shoulder muscles and chest. Although designed for the most demanding users, a wide range of workout exercises are possible.
We have fitness equipment in other parks and plan to install more in other places across Tasman.
Sabine Drive off Hart Road in Richmond, which has undergone considerable development over the past decade, was originally part of Fawsley Farm, owned by the Malcolm family and farmed by descendants for over 160 years.
The Malcolm family donated the area for the reserve.
In 1842 Andrew and Margaret Malcolm arrived in Nelson with their two-year-old son John, and a few years after their arrival, 57 hectares (140 acres) of land was bought in the Richmond South area.
Over the following decades, additional land was acquired in the general area of Wensley Road, Paton Road, Hart Road, Bateup Road and Hill Street. There are eight former Malcolm houses still standing on this land.
As the decades went by, the land was divided up between later generations. It was used for farming stock, town milk supply and fruit growing.
The Sabine Drive Reserve has been designed as a family-friendly area with picnic tables, a space net climbing structure, a large basket swing and plenty of space to kick a ball.
Central Park’s playground in the Meadows development in Richmond has grown.
In response to the growing number of children using the facility, the owners of the adjacent commercial buildings, the Vercoe family, have paid for an additional set of swings and a slide.
The new play equipment and soft rubber matting were installed by our reserves and facilities team and are designed specifically for under five-year-olds.
The playground in Central Park in The Meadows in Richmond West was completed at the end of 2022.
This playground is designed and built especially with the little ones in mind with the ground covered in special shock-absorbing composite matting.
Situated in the hospitality precinct of the neighbourhood, the playground is landscaped with low-growing plants which means parents can keep an eye on their youngsters from the nearby venues.
To complement the surrounding commercial buildings and houses, all the structures in the playground, like the climbing equipment, slide and swing have been built in matching styles and finished in similar colours.
... And the young users and their parents told us they love it!
