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Michael Romanos · 03-19-2007, 04:21 AM

There is no dog park or dog walking strips or areas in New Zealand that are privately owned or incur a fee for its use. The ones that have been put together are owned by a local authority (town or city council) and are therefore constructed and maintained from general taxes (local taxes here are termed 'rates') ie all the people pay for the facilities out of general taxes.
There was a thread or posts in the past on Go Corgi from a member oin the USA who wanted to know how to go about getting a dog park installed in his area and one that was of a good standard. I don't know whether this member succeeded or not but he did get some sound advice.

I think you'll find that some of the man-made dog parks in the USA are pretty lousy.

The biggest dog park in the world is in Australia - the great outbacks - which goes on for days and days and miles and miles and is home to the Dingo. Not much grass in a lot of that expanse of Aussie - which contains the world's largest desert.

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Michael Romanos Global Moderator Dog Profile Status: Online Posts: 4,692 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Silverstream (near Wellington, the capital of NZ)	03-19-2007, 04:21 AM There is no dog park or dog walking strips or areas in New Zealand that are privately owned or incur a fee for its use. The ones that have been put together are owned by a local authority (town or city council) and are therefore constructed and maintained from general taxes (local taxes here are termed 'rates') ie all the people pay for the facilities out of general taxes. There was a thread or posts in the past on Go Corgi from a member oin the USA who wanted to know how to go about getting a dog park installed in his area and one that was of a good standard. I don't know whether this member succeeded or not but he did get some sound advice. I think you'll find that some of the man-made dog parks in the USA are pretty lousy. The biggest dog park in the world is in Australia - the great outbacks - which goes on for days and days and miles and miles and is home to the Dingo. Not much grass in a lot of that expanse of Aussie - which contains the world's largest desert.