In red is the area that's been removed, in pink is the existing off-leash area and in yellow are the areas that have been added.

We currently have four other off-leash areas in Matamata located at Furness Reserve, Founders Park, Centennial Drive and Tom Grant Drive (in pink). 

We've turned a portion of Peria Road Reserve (excluding the memorial plantings and pathway) into a fenced dog exercise area, to provide another place for dogs to have a good run around off-leash (in yellow).

There are no specific plans at the moment for water fountains, bench seats, doggy bags, etc but Council plans to work with community groups in the new year (regarding Spur Street and Peria Road Reserves) and look into additional features across all of our dog off-leash areas within the next couple of years.

There is currently post and wire fencing at these sites. Council is working with community groups and will return in the new year to make further improvements.

We have received a number of requests for additional dog off-leash areas in both Matamata and Te Aroha over recent years, we have not received similar requests for Morrinsville at this stage. Council looked at current and potential areas in Morrinsville during this review and at this stage didn’t see the need for an additional area in Morrinsville, however this is likely to be reviewed once the Lockerbie development is further along.