Rosedale Park, North Shore

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Rosedale Park
Rosedale Park, North Shore
Type Urban park
Location2 Jack Hinton Drive, Rosedale, Auckland
Coordinates 36°44′47.3″S174°42′36.1″E / 36.746472°S 174.710028°E / -36.746472; 174.710028 Coordinates: 36°44′47.3″S174°42′36.1″E / 36.746472°S 174.710028°E / -36.746472; 174.710028
Operated by Auckland Council
Website Auckland Council

Rosedale Park, is a reserve and sports ground in the suburb of Rosedale in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the home ground of NRFL Division 2 side Albany United, North Harbour Softball and North Harbour Hockey. [1]

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Rosedale park also has a playground, fitness equipment, picnic tables, and a 9-hole frisbee golf course. [2] [3]

History

As of 2022, Urban Solutions have started planning new pedestrian and cycling paths to encourage locals to walk while creating a safe environment for them to do so. [4]

A five year project run by Te Hōnonga a Iwi is currently underway to restore 4000 square metres of Rosedale Park using bio-organic principles. [5] [6] [7]

Hockey

North Harbour Hockey Stadium
National Hockey Stadium
OperatorNorth Harbour Hockey
Capacity 450 (permanent)
10,000 (temporary)
Construction
Opened13 December 2019;3 years ago (2019-12-13)
ArchitectPacific Environments Architechts
Tenants
North Harbour (hockey) (2019—present)

In 1975, six hockey fields were built for the North Shore Women’s Hockey Association. In 1988 an artificial sand turf was built at Rosedale Park North. North Shore City Council built a new hockey complex at Rosedale Park South from 1996-97. Two new water turfs were also constructed. This saw the North Harbour hockey clubs make the move to the new facility, giving up their leases on the grass fields. From 1998 to 2000, the pavilion was completed. A third artificial water turf was built in 2004-05 in the South part of the Park, making it the largest hockey centre in New Zealand. [8]

In 2014, after more than two years of planning, $4 million of funding was granted along with a resource consent to upgrade the Rosedale Park facility, to make it the National Hockey Centre.

With upgrades to the State Highway 1 and State Highway 18 connection (the Northern Corridor Improvements), this forced North Harbour Hockey, Rosedale Pony Club and Harbour BMX to relocate. [9] The new motorway needed part of the Hockey grounds for the new roading so North Harbour Hockey was relocated to Bush Road. This meant Harbour BMX were forced to move to their new location at Hooton Reserve, where the first international standard BMX track in New Zealand was built for $4.5Million, opening on 6 November 2018. [10] [11] [12] [13] The North Harbour Pony Club meanwhile merged with the Greenhithe, Rosedale and Whenuapai Pony Clubs to form the new Wainoni Park Pony Club. [14] The new North Harbour Hockey Stadium was completed in 2019 as part of a $75 million project. This was opened by Auckland Mayor Phil Goff and Sport and Recreation Minister Grant Robertson cut the ribbon to open the new North Harbour Hockey stadium. [15] [16] [17]

Softball

Whakaata Māori Stadium
Former namesNorth Harbour Softball Stadium (2013-2022)
OperatorNorth Harbour Softball Association
Capacity 500 (permanent)
3,500 (temporary)
Field sizeLeft field — 250 feet (76 m)
Center field — 250 feet (76 m)
Right field — 250 feet (76 m)
Backstop — 25 feet (8 m)
Construction
Opened2013;9 years ago (2013)
Construction costNZD $2 million
ArchitectTeam Avery Architects
General contractorMonarc (Precast Concrete Panels) [18]

In 1976, North Harbour Softball made the move to Rosedale Park making it the largest area in New Zealand for softball with 20 grass diamonds. [19]

In 1983 along with North Shore Women's Hockey clubrooms were built to help with the proliferation of both clubs. The single-storey building was officially opened in September that year by the then Mayor of Takapuna, Fred Thomas. In 1993, a second storey was built which included offices, toilets, a kitchen and a conference area, which was opened by the Mayor of North Shore City, Anne Hartley. In February 1995, the skin diamonds received flood lighting.

North Shore Women’s Hockey combined with the men in 1997 and decided to move to the purpose built facilities at Rosedale South in 1997. This partnership between North Harbour Softball and North Harbour Hockey was subsequently dissolved.

A new partnership with Albany United Football Club was formed creating the Rosedale Park Sports Trust in April 1998. Two diamonds were forfeited to North Harbour Hockey in the late 1990’s allowing them to create a sand hockey turf. This meant the total number of diamonds was decreased to 18 which are all still present today. [20]

In 2013 North Harbour Softball and Softball New Zealand, hosted the Men's Softball World Championship. In preparation for the tournament a new 500 seat stadium, including realignment of diamond 2 and upgrading of both diamonds to a world-class standard and new scoreboard were built as part of a $2 million project. The clubroom was also upgraded in time for the 2013 event. In 2022, North Harbour again hosted the Men’s World Softball Championship with 50 games being played at Rosedale Park across 2 diamonds over 9 days. [21]

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