History of the park
At 61.5 hectares Mountfort Park is the largest of Manukau’s 50 sports parks. The land was acquired by Manukau City Council in two stages, in 1974 and 1980. Sportsfields were developed within the north-east and south-east sections of the park. Shortly afterwards the Manurewa Rugby Club, Clendon United Association Football Club and later the Weymouth Cricket Club established their headquarters in this area. The council also established a depot and nursery in the south east corner of the park.
The depot and nursery are no longer used and existing sports club facilities are aging and in desperate need of repair. At the same time the demand for use of the existing facilities and requests for additional amenities at the reserve are increasing.
Redevelopment
To meet the needs of the community the council is redeveloping Mountfort Park with the aim of establishing multi-use shared facilities. The project will be done in three stages:
Multi-use facility one: A new $3.3 million facility suitable for rugby league and its supporting codes. Building is expected to be completed by December 2010.
Multi-use facility two: The $1 million refurbishment of the existing rugby club building used by the Manurewa Rugby Club and its supporting codes to be completed by December 2010.
Ground development: This redevelopment of grounds will be led by Manukau Parks and will be spread over four years.
Council will take into account its investment as well as the communities’ need for access and interests overall.
Project update:
- Construction has started
- The project is due for completion end of Dec this year
- The Manurewa Community Facilities Charitable Trust is in place and represented by Cheryl Holloway, Luella Linaker, Christopher Lynch, Craig Murray, Douglas Scott, Greg Whaiapu and chairman Bryan Smith.
Progress photos
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