Photo: Supplied / Auckland CouncilOpen fires, dogs on tracks they're banned from and loud music played on bluetooth speakers are some of the biggest concerns for the people who look after Auckland's regional parks. Significant vegetation and planting areas have been lost in Duder and Waitawa regional parks from fires in 2021 and 2020. Lehmann, who has been a part of the southern regional parks team for more than seven years, said Auckland's 28 regional parks are the busiest during the summer months. In the first three months in 2024, regional parks across Tāmaki Makaurau were visited an estimated 2,579,033 times. Since 1 August, new rules on where people can walk their dogs on-leash and off-leash at regional parks, local parks and beaches took effect.

Source: Stuff January 08, 2026 05:20 UTC