Auckland · off-leash
Off-leash dog areas in Auckland
Auckland Council publishes 215 mapped zones covering 214 named places where a dog may be off the lead, and this is all of them. Underneath sits the honest version of the question everyone actually asks, which is whether any of it is fenced.
Where these zones come from. Every area listed here is a named off-leash zone in Auckland Council's own dog control data, which we hold as 215 mapped polygons. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Last refreshed 2026-07-25. Nobody has reviewed or endorsed this page: we read the published data and cite it. Dog park fencing comes from each council's own dog park pages, with additional locations from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Full attribution
- Dog access areas © Auckland Council, via AUT GIS (CC BY 4.0) · 2024 snapshot, check signs
A zone boundary is not a blessing. Off-leash means the bylaw allows it, not that it is a sensible idea beside a road, through stock, or across nesting birds. Playgrounds and sports fields are usually carved back out of these areas even where the rest of the park is off the lead, and a sign at the gate beats anything on this page.
Beaches are the ones that move. Some of the areas below are coast, and beach dog rules are what councils most often switch over summer. We hold no dated seasonal window from Auckland Council, so we are not going to imply the list is stable through January. Read the sign at the top of the track, and the beaches and seasons guide for how these windows usually run.
Every named area
The 214 off-leash places Auckland Council names
Alphabetical, exactly as the council names them. Where the council attaches a condition to a particular zone we carry its wording underneath that zone.
- Akatea ParkOff Leash except on beach and foreshore
- Alan ReserveOff leash in reserve, Prohibited in playground, On leash near playground
- Alex Jenkins MemorialOff leash on beach, On leash in park areas
- Araara / Laurieston ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Arapito Foreshore ReserveOff leash on beach, On leash in reserve
- Archibald ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground and sports fields, On leash near playground and sports fields
- Armada ReserveOff leash
- Armour Bay ReserveOff-leash in the ENTIRE reserve, except on-leash on the grass area immediately adjacent to the beach (Policy on Dogs 2025 s2.19.2(1), Waitakere Ranges) - our layer has this inverted (onlead). (Auckland Policy on Dogs 2025)
- Astelia Grandis ReserveOff leash
- Awaroa ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Babich ReserveOff leash in reserve, prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Barron GreenOff leash in Park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Birdwood ParkOff leash
- Blockhouse Bay Beach ReserveOff leash in park areas, on leash near playground and sports areas, prohibited on playground and sports areas
- Blockhouse Bay Recreation ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Blueridge ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Border Road EsplanadeUnder control off-leash in the reserve/park area (Policy on Dogs 2025 Sch2 §2.5.2(9)); beach/foreshore prohibited (§2.5.4) and playgrounds/sports surfaces prohibited (Sch1 §1.2) - NOT wholly 'prohibited' as our layer states. (Auckland Policy on Dogs 2025)
- Bosun ReserveOff leash
- Bosun WalkOff leash
- Bruce Mclaren Memorial ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Buckingham CommonOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Catherine EsplanadeOff leash
- Cellarmans CornerOff leash
- Claverdon ParkOff leash
- Cobham ReserveOff leash in reserve, Prohibited on beach
- Colwill EsplanadeOff leash, Prohibited on foreshore
- Corban Estate EsplanadeOff leash
- Corban ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on sports field, on leash near sports field
- Corbans EstateOff Leash
- Coroglen ReserveOff leash
- Corran ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Craigavon ParkOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Cranwell ParkOff leash, Prohibited on foreshore
- Cutler ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Dalmatia GreenOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Danica ReserveOff leash
- Daytona ReserveOff leash
- Daytona StrandOff leash in reserve areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Dickey ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Don Buck CornerOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Durham GreenOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Elvira WalkOff leash
- Espalier ReserveOff leash
- Fairdene ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Falls ParkOff leash in park areas, prohibited on foreshore
- Ferngrove ParkOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Flaunty ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Forest Hill ParkOff leash
- Foster Bay ReserveOff leash on beach and foreshore, On leash in reserve areas
- Fred Taylor ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on Sports Fields, On leash near Sports Fields
- Glen Norman ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & foreshore, On leash near playground
- Glendene ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Grandison GreenOff Leash
- Greenberry ReserveOff Leash
- Gus Nola ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground , On leash near playground
- Halyard CommonOff Leash
- Hamblyn ReserveOff Leash
- Harakeke / Keegan ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Harbourview - Orangihina ParkOff leash West of car park, On leash other park areas, Prohibited Crown foreshore area, beach and foreshore areas
- Harbourview CornerOff Leash
- Harvest ReserveOff Leash
- Heke / Cron ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & foreshore, On leash near playground
- Henderson ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on Sports Fields, On leash near Sports Fields
- Henderson Valley GreenOff Leash
- Henderson Valley ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground , On leash near playground
- Heron ParkOff leash in west of the western end of playground and bounded on the western boundary by the stream, Prohibited from playground, On leash near playground and other park areas
- Hilda Griffin ReserveOff Leash
- Hinau ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Hindmarsh GreenOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Hono / Lavelle ReserveOff Leash
- Horoeka / Lincoln ParkOff Leash
- Howard ReserveOff Leash
- Hāpua / Barrys ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Hīrere / Tiroroa EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Inanga / Chilcott BraeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Jack Pringle Sports Park, Te Atatu PeninsulaOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Jenkins BayOff Leash
- Kahikatea / Gallony ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & foreshore, On leash near playground
- Kaipuke / Vodanovich ReserveOff Leash
- Kakī / Mccormick GreenOff Leash
- Kanae / Queen Mary ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Karo / McClintock ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Kaumatua ReserveOff leash
- Kelvin StrandPark areas off-leash (§2.5.2(79)), but the Spinnaker Strand-to-Kelvin Strand beach/foreshore is off-leash only within 2 hours either side of high tide and on-leash all other times (§2.5.3, wildlife) - our unconditional 'off leash on beach' is stale (tidal rule, not clock-encodable). (Auckland Policy on Dogs 2025)
- Kemp ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Kensington GardensOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Kervil ParkOff Leash
- Kingdale ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Kopupaka ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Kopupaka Stream ReserveOff Leash
- Korokio / Holmes ReserveOff Leash
- Koroī / Clayburn ReserveOff Leash
- Kotinga ReserveOff Leash
- Kowhai ReserveOff Leash
- Kupenga / Meadow GladeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Kura / Nile ReserveOff Leash
- Kārewa / Harmel ReserveOff Leash in reserve areas, Prohibited on Beach and Foreshore
- Kōmaru / Copley ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & foreshore, On leash near playground
- Kōpī / Green Bay Community CornerOff Leash
- Kūkū / Millbrook EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Landow ReserveOff Leash
- Lawson ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Lloyd Morgan Lions Club ParkOff Leash
- Lockington GreenOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Lone Tree ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Maire / Emerald Valley ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & foreshore, On leash near playground
- Makomako / Sunline ParkOff Leash
- Makora / Makora ParkOff Leash
- Manuka ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Marinich ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Martin Jugum ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Maui ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Mcleod EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground/Sports field & Foreshore, On leash near playground & Sports field
- McLeod ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground/Sports field & Foreshore, On leash near playground & Sports field
- Midgley ParkOff Leash
- Miranda ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Foreshore, On leash near playground
- Moire ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground/Sports field & Foreshore, On leash near playground & Sports field
- Momutu / Helena ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Murillo ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Muriwai Regional ParkOff Leash in Northern beach areas, Prohibited in Southern beach areas and Maori Bay, On leash other areas
- Māmāngi / Lilburn Crescent ReserveOff Leash
- Mānutewhau / LendichReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Māpou / West Harbour EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Neville Power Memorial ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Ngaruru / Northall ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Ngawhere / McKinley ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Onewherowhero / Brains ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Opanuku ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Opanuku Stream ReserveOff Leash
- Owen's GreenOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on Sports field, On leash near Sports Field
- Paerangi / Kaikoura ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Pahi ParkOff Leash
- Palomino EsplanadeOff Leash
- Paremuka EsplanadeOff Leash in Reserve areas, Prohibited on Foreshore
- Paremuka LakesideOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Paremuka WetlandOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Parrs ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Penfold ParkOff Leash in Park Areas, Prohibited on Foreshore
- Piha DomainOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Plumer DomainOff Leash
- Pooks ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Provence GreenOff Leash
- Puananī / Glucina ReserveGlucina Reserve is off-leash throughout (§2.19.2(6)); Waitakere Ranges has no blanket foreshore ban (only Piha/Bethells beaches, §2.19.4), so our 'prohibited on foreshore' is not current. Playgrounds prohibited/on-leash near (Sch1 §1.2). (Auckland Policy on Dogs 2025)
- Pukatea / Royal Heights ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Pukewhakataratara / Rush Creek ReserveOff Leash
- Puna / Divich ReserveOff Leash
- Putaputawētā / Spargo ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Ramlea ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on Sports Fields, On leash near Sports Fields
- Rangiora / Raelene ReserveOff Leash
- Ranui DomainOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Ranui Station ParkOff Leash
- Rengarenga / St Margarets ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Rhinevale CloseOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Roby ReserveOff Leash
- Royal ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Rua ReserveOff Leash
- San Bernadino ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Sarajevo ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Semillon ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Sherwood ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Spinnaker StrandOff leash in park areas and beach at high tide, On Leash on beach at low tide
- Springbank EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Starforth ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Swan Arch ReserveOff Leash
- Tahurangi / Crum ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground/Sports field & Foreshore, On leash near playground & Sports field
- Taikato / Riverpark ReserveOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Taipari StrandOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Taitapu ParkOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Tamariki ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Tangiwai ReserveOff leash, Prohibited on playground, on leash near playground
- Tatyana ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Taupiko ReserveOff Leash
- Tautoru / Maywood ReserveOff Leash
- Tawa Esplanade
- Te Ara Whai / Triangle ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Te Atatū Peninsula ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Te Hauāuru ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Te Pae Kawau / Bridge Avenue ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Foreshore, On leash near playground
- Te Papa Kura / Kelman SquareOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Te Poi / Starling ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Te Rangi Hiroa / Birdwood Winery Estate ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Te Rarawaru / Cyclarama ReserveOff Leash
- Te Wahapū / Covil ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Te Ōhākī / Reynella ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- TeMara / Epping EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Tihema / Tihema Stream ReserveOff Leash
- Tihi / Heversham GreenOff Leash
- Tirimoana ReserveOff Leash
- Tony Segedin Esplanade ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Trusts Arena / Trusts Esplanade ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Tuangi / Henderson Creek EsplanadeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Tuscany GreenOff Leash
- Tāheke / Lydford GreenOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Tāwakawaka / Tracey ParkOff Leash
- Tāwhana / Wakeling ParkOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground , on leash near playground
- Tōwai / Melia ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Tūī Glen ReserveOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Uranga / Sunshine Boulevard ReserveOff Leash
- Waengarahi / Marlene GladeOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Wai Huruhuru Mānawa / Lowtherhurst ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Waimanu Bay ReserveOff Leash
- Waimoko / Urlich Esplanade ReserveOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground , on leash near playground
- Waitati ReserveOff Leash
- Waitākere War Memorial ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Warner ParkOff Leash
- Whanake / Mason ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash near playground
- Whekī / Cartmel ReserveOff Leash
- Whenua Karaka / Green Bay DomainOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Whiore / Hart DomainOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground & foreshore, on leash near playground
- Whārangi / Westgate Drive ParkOff Leash
- Woodside ReserveOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on foreshore
- Xena ParkOff leash in park areas, prohibited on Playground, on leash near playground
- Zita Maria ParkOff leash in park areas, Prohibited on playground & Sports Fields, On leash near playground & Sports Fields
- Ōkaurirahi / Kaurilands DomainOff leash on grass areas, Prohibited on playground, On leash in park areas & near playground
Fenced dog parks
11 dog parks near Auckland
A council off-leash zone is a rule about the lead, not a fence, and we hold no fencing data on the zones at all. A dog park is where that question can be answered, and it is the one that matters when the recall is still a work in progress. These are the dog park records we hold within 35 km of the Auckland zones, sorted by what the evidence actually supports. District lines and dog parks do not agree, so a few of these sit in the next district over: each one carries the nearest town we map.
Fenced, in the source's own words (3)
Each of these comes off a council page that classes the area as fenced, quoted below with a link to the page it came from.
| Dog park | Where | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corban Reserve | near Huia, Auckland | agility equipment, large grassy areas and a fully fenced dog exercise area | ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
| Meola Reef Dog Park | near Auckland, Auckland | the only fully fenced off-leash dog park in central Auckland | ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
| Sanders Reserve | near Albany, Auckland | gravel loop path that circles a fenced off-leash dog exercise area | ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
Part fenced, or a fence mapped but not proven (2)
Either the source describes a fence around part of the area, or a fence line is drawn in OpenStreetMap without anything confirming it encloses the dog area. Walk in on a lead and look before you unclip.
| Dog park | Where | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Albert Park | near Auckland, Auckland | Two areas, one fully fenced area and an open grass area off Mount Albert Road. | wellington.govt.nz |
| Oaks Reserve Dog Park | near Auckland, Auckland | There is a fenced exercise area for dogs to run off-leash, plus a grassed pathway loop and open space | waimakariri.govt.nz |
Fencing not confirmed (6)
We hold no fencing statement at all for these, so treat them as open ground. Not confirmed is not the same as not fenced, and we are not going to guess which one it is.
| Dog park | Where | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craigavon Agility Course | near Auckland, Auckland | Nothing stated | OpenStreetMap |
| Telephone Road Reserve | near Auckland, Auckland | Nothing stated | OpenStreetMap |
| Manuka Reserve Dog Park | near Albany, Auckland | Nothing stated | OpenStreetMap |
| Auckland Provincial German Shepherd Dog League | near Auckland, Auckland | Nothing stated | OpenStreetMap |
| Waiatarua Reserve | near Auckland, Auckland | Nothing stated | OpenStreetMap |
| Auranga Esplanade Reserve dog agility course | near Takanini, Auckland | dog agility course with balance beam, jump through, hurdles, agility bridge, tunnel and weave poles | ourauckland.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz |
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