Imagine a big, new park in your neighbourhood.
- Open space to play, picnic, stroll, jog and take the kids
- Restore the stream (currently a concrete-lined drain) improving habitat and water quality to the harbour
- Plant thousands of native trees to bring birds back to the park
- A new path connecting Mt Albert to the Northwestern Cycleway
- Two new, desperately needed sports fields for local children
- Space for a replacement swimming pool when needed
And improved golfing facilities too.
- A new 9-hole course to meet the trend for shorter golf rounds
- An all-weather driving range
- Practice greens
- Refreshed clubhouse
We’re excited about the plan because it means Chamberlain Park will provide wonderful spaces for all people to enjoy – especially those who live nearby.
Image source: Chamberlain Park Masterplan, Albert-Eden Local Board.
Why change is needed.
- Currently only golfers use Chamberlain Park but their numbers are declining, and the number of 18-hole games is dropping even further.
- By opening up half the park, we gain roughly three Coyle Parks’ worth of open space for the thousands of families who live nearby.
- It creates a new local park in an area with a growing population, provides playing fields and restores a kilometre of degraded stream.
Fact sheet.
- Albert-Eden and Waitematā Local Boards have the least open space per person in NZ
- Albert-Eden has a critical shortage of sports fields, forcing local clubs to limit new players.
- Waitītiko-Meola Creek is polluted and needs riparian planting.
- There are more than 30 golf courses in Auckland, most of which welcome casual players.
- Casual golfers at Chamberlain Park are more likely to play 9 holes than 18 holes.
- Significantly more people will be able to use the park.
- The park will remain open space and not used for housing.
- While some trees will be removed, thousands more will be planted to create a natural habitat for native wildlife.
We acknowledge the change from 18 holes to a new layout, driving range and practice greens will impact golfers. We would like to thank them for sharing this valuable land with local residents, so everyone can benefit.
For more information, visit cityvision.org.nz/cp/faq
Leave it alone…let all of Auckland use it…smaller golf course maybe…but we want it avail for all…a kids area….dog area….picnic area….walking track…bike trail….make it awesome
Yes, the idea is to open up the park for everybody to use! A smaller golf course (but with a new driving range and practice facilities) allows a nighbourhood park with picnic and BBQ areas and a new playground, walking and cycling tracks, and a really awesome stream and wetlands restoration with thousand of natives planted.
If you are an aggrieved golfer try a short drive out to waitakere golf course and enjoy the splendor and natural beauty.
It’s refreshing to see the truth put out there from City vision. I live in Mt Eden and have received a flyer from the faction that wants to keep the golf course, it is full of utter rubbish and scaremongering. Make the land available for everyone to enjoy.
Hey this looks like a pretty solid plan to me .. but in all fairness I’m not a golfer .. but I don’t know any golfers … However I do know a lot a local young family’s who would love more green space to play in.
Hi Gareth, The golfers will still have a superior short course and a new driving range and practice facilities. The increasingly time-pressured golfers on the isthmus will have more options for playing golf than at present.
Derek, do you live in the local community? I do. I want Chamberlain Park to be opened to all. And I support C&R’s Mark Thomas when he says “Let’s use our rates more efficiently” – why are we ratepayers subsidising rich people’s round of golf?
It’s time open space like this was shared fairly and not restricted to a few who play golf.
89% of Aucklanders do not belong to organised sports and need recreation spaces too.
I can’t wait to be permitted to get into enjoying this space.