Book a park or reserve

Find out about how to book a park or reserve in Hutt City and how much it costs.

How to book a reserve (open space other than a park or garden)

How to book a park or garden:

If you are wanting to book the following parks:

Please fill out the Parks and Reserves event permit form , email the form through to parks.reserves@huttcity.govt.nz and the team will get back to you within 10 working days.

Note: We give priority to season-long bookings over casual bookings.

How to book an individual, group, community or commercial permit, licence, encroachment or lease over reserves, parks and gardens:

We charge 10 per cent of the season charge per game, or 15 per cent of the season charge per day if the game lasts three hours or longer.

We charge fees for hiring out sportsgrounds for events and other special events. Our fees and charges include goods and services tax (GST).

Service	2026-2027 Charge
Events and commercial operators	Get in touch
Picnic bookings (30 or more people)	$63.00
Filming	$507.00
Marquees for picnics/promotions - small	$125.00
Marquees for picnics/promotions - up to 50m²	$250.00
Marquees for picnics/promotions - up to 100m²	$507.00
Marquees for picnics/promotions - larger	$763.00
Weddings	$125.00
Hire of rooms, social facilities and training fields	Price on enquiry
No. 1 field at Hutt Recreation Ground	Price on enquiry

Note: We give priority to season-long bookings over casual bookings.

Season charges

Set to recover the percentage of operating cost identified below plus the full operating cost of ancillary services:

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