Marton Playground / Te Āhuru Mōwai Playground

The water feature alone makes this place worth the trip — kids absolutely lose their minds for it on a warm day, and parents get to actually sit down at a picnic table and breathe for five minutes. The enclosed area is a proper fence too, not some token low railing, which makes a real difference if you’ve got a runner. There’s enough going on with the climbing structure and slides to keep kids from 2 up to the older ones busy without anyone getting bored. Restrooms with a baby change station on site means you can actually stay a while, and the walking path around the open grass field gives you somewhere to stretch your legs while the kids do their thing.