The 8 dog parks we hold within 25 km of Invercargill, each with what the council actually says about the fence. One sits on a council page that classes the area as fenced, and it is the only one carrying a fencing statement at all.
Most of these have no fencing statement at all. That is the honest state of the record, not a gap we have papered over: councils publish where dogs may go off the lead far more often than they publish whether the place is enclosed. Where a page says nothing, we say nothing, and you should walk in on the lead and look.
Fenced, in the council’s own words (1)
Each of these sits on a council page that classes the area as fenced, quoted below with a link to the page the wording came from. A gate can still be propped open and a fence can still have a gap in it, so walk in on the lead and look before you unclip.
Elles Road Dog Park
SouthlandFully fenced
Fully fenced dedicated dog park with gates on the Crinan Street and Ness Street sides. Shelter and seat, dog waste bags/doo depot, water…
Invercargill City Council (governing authority) own park page, retrieved live 2026-08-06, HTTP 200. Exact council wording, confirmed…
We hold no fencing statement at all for these, so treat them as open ground. Not stated is not the same as not fenced, and we are not going to guess which one it is.
Donovan Park
SouthlandFencing not stated by the council
Over 79 hectares of open green space; a working mix of park and farmland (sheep, deer and rare breeds livestock still grazed), so stock…
ICC park page: "Donovan Park is a designated dog exercise area. You may exercise your dog off-lead, except in the area surrounding the…
Yes. One of the 8 dog parks we hold near Invercargill sits on a council page that classes the area as fenced: Elles Road Dog Park. It is quoted on this page with a link to the council page the wording came from.
Where this comes from. Fencing is read off each council’s own dog park pages and dog control policies, with additional locations from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Last refreshed 2026-09-07. Nobody has reviewed or endorsed these pages: we read what is published and cite it. The sign at the gate carries the final word, and a council can change a rule the week after we read it. If we have something wrong, tell us and we will recheck it.Full attribution