Off-leash dog areas in Mackenzie
Mackenzie District Council publishes 19 mapped zones covering 10 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.
Full attribution
- Dog control areas © Mackenzie District Council · 2022 snapshot of the Dog Control Policy 2021, check signs
The 10 off-leash places Mackenzie District 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.
- Areas along SH8 and Glen Lyon Road, Twizel
- Land at back of Tekapo Drive, Twizel
- McLean Park, Fairlie
- Mt Cook Road Green Area, Fairlie
- North West Arch Green Areas, Twizel
- Pioneer Drive to Pines Picnic Area, Tekapo
- Road reserve Grey Street, Fairlie
- Ruataniwha Recreation Land, Twizel
- Strathconan Park, Fairlie
- The Pines Picnic Area dog exercise area, Tekapo
10 dog parks near Mackenzie
A council off-leash zone tells you where a dog may run, not whether anything is fenced, 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 Mackenzie 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 (1)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tekapo Dog Park | near Lake Tekapo, Canterbury | Mapped in OpenStreetMap as a closed fence line around the whole park | OpenStreetMap |
Part fenced, or a fence mapped but not proven (1)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairlie Dog Park | near Fairlie, Canterbury | EXISTENCE + LOCATION (council news page, 19 January 2023): "The new Fairlie Dog Park is now open and available for use. You can find it next | mackenzie.govt.nz |
Fencing not confirmed (8)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pines Picnic Area Dog Exercise Area | near Lake Tekapo, Canterbury | Mackenzie District Council Dog Control Policy 2021, Schedule 3 "Dog Exercise Areas" (https://www.mackenzie.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/00 | mackenzie.govt.nz |
| Tekapo Drive / Jollie Road / Wairepo Road Rear Boundary Dog Exercise Area | near Twizel, Canterbury | Dog Control Policy 2021, Schedule 3 (https://www.mackenzie.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/589822/Dog-Control-Policy-2021.pdf): "Twizel | mackenzie.govt.nz |
| North West Arch Green Areas / Glen Lyon Road Dog Exercise Area | near Twizel, Canterbury | Dog Control Policy 2021, Schedule 3 (https://www.mackenzie.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/589822/Dog-Control-Policy-2021.pdf): "The fol | mackenzie.govt.nz |
| Lake Ruataniwha / Max Smith Drive Dog Exercise Area | near Twizel, Canterbury | Dog Control Policy 2021, Schedule 3 (https://www.mackenzie.govt.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/589822/Dog-Control-Policy-2021.pdf): "Twizel | mackenzie.govt.nz |
| Omarama Recreation Reserve (eastern end) | near Ōtematatā, Canterbury | Waitaki Dog Control Policy 2024, s4.2.1.2: "the following areas are provided for as designated off-lead dog exercise areas at all times: ... | waitaki.govt.nz |
| Pleasant Point River areas (river bed, shingle, stream and berm areas) | near Opihi River Stop Banks, Canterbury | OFF-LEASH (exact council wording): "You can exercise your dog off the leash in the following areas: Pleasant Point, River areas (the river | timaru.govt.nz |
| Pleasant Point Domain (Fire Brigade practice area) | near Opihi River Stop Banks, Canterbury | OFF-LEASH, CONDITIONAL (exact council wording): "You can exercise your dog off the leash in the following areas: Pleasant Point, Pleasant P | timaru.govt.nz |
| Todd Park | near Geraldine, Canterbury | OFF-LEASH: "You can exercise your dog off the leash in the following areas: Geraldine, Todd Park" (dog-exercise-areas page); Dog Control By | timaru.govt.nz |
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Every one of these carries its own dog-friendly walk list, with the dog rule on each track.