Onehunga Bay Reserve will soon feature a brand-new flow bowl, taking its action-packed youth space to the next level. The exciting addition will be enjoyed by skateboarders, scooter riders and other thrill-seeking wheel enthusiasts.
Installation of the bowl is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2025 and will take approximately six months to complete.
With elements such as extensions, a pump bump, hips and a channel for beginners to roll down instead of dropping in, it’s the perfect addition to the reserve for a range of users at all levels of experience, from beginner to advanced.
Maungakiekie-Tāmaki Local Board has long recognised the need for more spaces where teenagers and young adults can be active and have fun. Their goal is to encourage social interaction by prioritising the creation of functional open spaces for young people.
Catering for the community
“This investment was prioritised to provide a facility that caters to a wide-ranging demographic, one that adds value to the reserve and will get the most use with the limited budget that we have,” says board chair Maria Meredith.
“We’ve engaged with community extensively on these upgrades to ensure designs meet the needs and aspirations of residents and visitors accessing this youth space,” she explains.
“While we know Onehunga’s vertical ramp has reached the end of its usable life and have heard from passionate skaters about the need for an Olympic-level skate facility in Auckland, unfortunately we don’t have the funding for such a facility at this very moment.”
Onehunga Bay Reserve has undergone significant improvements, with a focus on providing better facilities for youth. The reserve now boasts a new basketball half-court, refurbished outdoor fitness equipment area and renewed pathways.
The new flow bowl will replace the relocatable pumptrack, which will be moved to another neighbourhood that’s in need of revitalisation in anticipation of similar upgrades.
It doesn’t stop there – in September 2024 the board adopted its wheeled play network study, which is an assessment of the area’s facilities for wheeled play, such as scootering, skating, biking and more.
The study identifies opportunities to improve the wheeled play network over time and gives the board a strategic approach for future investment in wheeled play. These include potentially renewed or additional skate facilities, dirt tracks and mountain bike at parks and reserves to be upgraded soon.
The most recent updates to the area’s wheeled play facilities include Panmure Basin Skate Park’s major upgrade and a pump track was installed at Fergusson Domain.
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