Off-leash dog areas in Waipa

The 36 off-leash places Waipā 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.

• Acacia Reserve, Airport Rd
• Agility Park - Shelley Street, Cambridge (old Cambridge Landfill)
• Agility Park - Wordsworth St. eastOff lead dog exercise area, Wordsworth Street east, excluding sports fields but including the perimeter. Dogs must be under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 2)
• Anchor Park, back half area in proximity of Raeburne and Colgan St
• Ash Grove
• Centennial Park, Rewi St
• Dog exercise area, Cambridge
• Eileen Montefiore Park, Factory RdOff lead dog exercise area, Eileen Montefiore Park, Factory Road, excluding the walkway to Factory Road. Dogs on lead on that walkway, and under control at all times in the park. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 2)
• Former Pirongia Landfill (closed), Kane Street
• Franklin Street ReserveListed in the bylaw as Pirongia Esplanade reserve, Franklin Street and Crozier Street, Pirongia: off lead excluding the walkway. Dogs on lead on the walkway, and under control at all times elsewhere. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 2)
• Gasworks Site, Alpha St (east of cycle way)
• Gil Lumb Park, Pope Tce
• Green Belt south of Payne Park
• Kihikihi Domain, Oliver StOff lead dog exercise area, Kihikihi Domain, Oliver Street, excluding the rugby and cricket fields, which are dog prohibited, and except when exclusive use is required for events or site bookings. Dogs under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 1 and 2)
• Lake Ngaroto, Bank RoadOff lead dog exercise area, Lake Ngaroto Bank Road, with the bylaw note that the walkway around the lake is dog on leash. Keep your dog leashed on the lake loop track. Dogs must be under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 2)
• Mahana Lane Reserve
• McKinnon Park, Taylor St
• McLean Street Reserve
• McLean Street Reserve Dog Park
• Mighty River Domain - Gate 3Off lead at the Gate 3 grassed carpark when it is not in use for events; owners should check with Domain Management. The rest of Mighty River Domain (Karapiro Domain) is dog prohibited. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 1 and 2)
• Motor Cross Park
• Oak Arboretum
• Ohaupo Memorial ParkOff lead on the lower reserve only, Forkert Road, excluding sports fields. All sports fields at Ohaupo Memorial Park are dog prohibited under Schedule 1. Dogs must be under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 1 and 2)
• Old Kihikihi Landfill Site, Leslie St
• Pekarua Reserve
• Polo grounds and Road berm, Lamb/Carlyle StOff lead dog exercise area at the polo grounds, Lamb Street, except when the grounds are in use for polo. Dogs must be under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 2)
• Pukeko Grove
• Rear area of Sculpture Park
• Riverside Park
• Rosehill Reserve
• TA Stadium Armstrong AveOff lead on the Te Awamutu Stadium grass embankments only, not the sports field, Fairview Road to Armstrong Avenue, and only when not in use for sports events. Dogs under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 2)
• Te Rahu Road Reserve
• Tree Trust Walkway, Addison St to Wordsworth StOff lead dog exercise area, Tree Trust Walkway, Addison Street to Leamington Cemetery, excluding the grazing area. Dogs are prohibited on reserves where animals are being grazed (Schedule 1) and must be under control at all times. (Waipā Dog Control Bylaw 2023, Sch 1 and 2)
• Turere Park, Turere Lane
• Waipuke enclosed area
• Walkway between Brian Mayo Reserve, from Thornton Rd to Watkins Rd

53 dog parks near Waipa

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 Waipa 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 (2)

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.

• 2 of these sit on a council page that classes the area as fenced while the line we can quote describes the park instead. Follow the link and read it in full.

Part fenced, or a fence mapped but not proven (6)

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.

Fencing not confirmed (45)

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.

Towns we map around Waipa

Every one of these carries its own dog-friendly walk list, with the dog rule on each track.