Maclean Park upgrade

Our vision for Maclean Park is a destination for all; a place to meet, play, relax and connect with Kāpiti Island, our heritage and environment.

Maclean Park is a located in a three-hectare reserve between Marine Parade and the coastal foredune at Paraparaumu Beach. It’s an intergenerational destination park that is a point of pride for our district.

In March 2025 we completed stage two of the Maclean Park development plan [PDF 1.08 MB] including:

• Building a new amenity block and outdoor cold shower. The new wharepaku (toilets) offers 10 toilets with five set within accessible change rooms. Each end of the block features stunning images designed by local artist Sarah Pou. The images feature significant locations of the Kāpiti Coast as well as its secret undersea life! 
  
  
• We've built a new skatepark, in consultation with our community and upgraded the basketball court.

Our vision for the upgraded skatepark is that it caters for riders of all skill levels, with some separation of learners and expert users. 

Skatepark

Exciting features of the new skatepark include a flow bowl, a mini-ramp with spine, a jump-box, as well as a range of street features and smaller obstacles for learners. There are new shelters with additional seating. Local artists have contributed artwork and colour highlights to add character and vibrancy to the area.

The skatepark upgrade is part of our staged improvements to Maclean Park – a Kāpiti destination park for all.

Photos from opening celebration 8 March 2025

Costs

Future stages

Further planned additions to Maclean Park include:

• creating an older persons' area to provide opportunities for senior members of the community to meet up, and to support intergenerational families who visit the park together. We’ll engage our community to confirm details of the area closer to its design stage
• installing an all-seasons water play plaza, a water feature providing interactive water-based play opportunities which would operate all year round (a splashpad doesn't operate through the winter months).

The development plan:

• provides for safer water play through the introduction of the all-seasons water plaza
• uses water to enhance the aesthetic experience of the park, including constructed and natural features
• contributes to improved knowledge, water quality and natural values of the Tikotu Stream and the restoration of its estuary
• improves land to sea and sea to land linkages.

At the southern end, we'd like to better connect the park to the shops and make it work better for events, markets and other uses.

Iwi partners

The Maclean Park Management Plan was prepared in partnership with Te Āti Awa as mana whenua and the site is also recognised as site of significance by Ngāti Toa. Through a series of information sessions, meetings and onsite workshops we developed a plan that expresses the values of both our iwi partners as well as the wider community.

Maclean Park is located in an area of great historical significance to the people of Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. The wider area was originally occupied by the settlement know as Te Uruhi Pā, which was located in the vicinity of Te Uruhi Lake and the Tikotu Stream which flowed from the lake out to sea.

The Maclean Park Management Plan was prepared in partnership with Te Āti Awa as mana whenua and the site is also recognised as site of significance by Ngāti Toa. Through a series of information sessions, meetings and onsite workshops we developed a plan that expresses the values of both our iwi partners as well as the wider community.

Maclean Park is located in an area of great historical significance to the people of Te Ātiawa and Ngāti Toa Rangatira. The wider area was originally occupied by the settlement know as Te Uruhi Pā, which was located in the vicinity of Te Uruhi Lake and the Tikotu Stream which flowed from the lake out to sea.