Parks and reserves fees and charges

Here are the fees we charge for activities in our parks and reserves, including sports, camping and mobile trading.

All fees and charges include GST. Effective 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.

Camping fees

Ashhurst Campground Fee per night 
Powered site $12 per adult
Unpowered site $8 per adult
Children  $6 per child

 

Commercial fees

Mobile vendors

These are the fees we charge for food trucks, coffee carts and other mobile traders in our parks and reserves. In line with Council's policy for the use of public spaces, vendor trading on sportsgrounds requires support from the sports code allocated the grounds.
Licence to occupy a site for six months Up to 2 days a week $500
Each additional day $250
Power for six months Up to 2 days a week $330
Each additional day $165
One-off site fee $30
One-off site power $5 

 

Commercial occupancy of the Railway Land  Charge per day
Small event $200
Large event $400

 

Tennis coaches
These are the fees we charge tennis coaches to hire a court for providing lessons.
Seasonal charge $604
Daily charge $34

 

Sportsground charges

We allocate sportsgrounds to sports codes for a season and they decide which team plays where each week. Each season is 22 weeks. The winter season is the second week in April to the third week in September. Summer season is the second week in October to the third week in March. 

Sportsgrounds and pavilions may also be hired for one-off games and tournaments.

Seasonal hire to parent sporting codes Fee per season 
Athletics Grass track $1,333
Cricket Field $3,283
Artificial wicket $236
Grass wicket $311
Football Field (winter) $1,419
Field (summer) $711
Lacrosse Field $1,022
Netball Court $674
Rugby League Field $1,343
Rugby Sevens Field $758
Rugby Union Field $1,516
Skating Rink $357
Softball Grass diamond $1,008
Skin diamond $913
Tennis Awapuni $472
Colquhoun $192
Takaro and Wallace $357
Vautier $563
Touch Rugby Field $416
Coronation Pavilion  $2,476
Winter training grounds Fee per season
Ashhurst Domain $1,742
Bill Brown  Football  $1,373
Rugby $1,479
Netball $357
Bunnythorpe $827
Colquhoun $1,254
Coronation $1,354
Hokowhitu $520
Lincoln $1,254
Monrad $1,163
Ongley $1,479
Skoglund $622
Takaro  Football $1,742
Netball  $357 
Waterloo $2,285
Fitzherbert Park  Fee
Seasonal hire Summer $5,273
Winter $5,122
Casual hire Half-day  $250
Day $500
Memorial Park  Fee
Seasonal hire Summer or winter $5,273
Casual hire Half-day  $250
Day $500
One-off sportsfield charges  Fee
Cricket wicket Artificial $172 per day 
Grass $386 per day
Playing field Pre-season $110 per game
Casual $140 per game
$250 per half-day
Touch field Casual and pre-season $49 per game
Ashhurst Domain (excludes changing rooms) Tournament  $840 per day
Ongley Park (excludes changing rooms) Tournament $840 per day
Vautier Park summer netball Per court $32 a day
5 courts $100 a day

 

Changing room and pavilion hire

Manawaroa Pavilion  Seasonal charge Annual charge 
1/2 day per week $649 $1,300
1 day per week $1,108 $2,215

 

Casual hire Fee
Changing rooms $110 per day
Sports pavilions $33 per hour
Serviced restrooms in the Square (after hours) $68 per hour

 

Bonds

 
Large commercial event, eg Food & Wine Festival $2,000
Large tournament, eg NZ Touch Nationals $1,000
All other events $250
Weekday sportsfield booking by a non-Palmerston North school $250 per booking
Key bond $50 per key

 

Storage and rental

Rental of storage space in pavilion
Non-commercial  $150 for six months
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