Dog Exercise (Off-Leash) Areas
You can exercise your dog off the leash in Dog Exercise Areas as long as you keep the dog under continuous supervision and control.
Under control means that the dog is not causing a nuisance or danger and that the owner of the dog is able to obtain an immediate and desired response from the dog by use of a leash, voice commands, hand signals, whistles or other effective means.
Don't forget to take something with you to remove faeces. Dog faeces should be disposed of in bins. Failing to do so may result in a $300 fine.
Use the link below to see Dog Exercise Areas on a map for details of where dogs are allowed off-leash, on-leash and where dogs are prohibited.
| Name of public place | Location/Access |
|---|---|
| Marlborough | |
All beaches with the exception of those areas specifically identified as Dog Prohibited Areas or Dog On-Leash areas All river berms owned or administered by Council except those areas specifically identified as Dog Prohibited Areas or Dog On-Leash areas | |
| Blenheim | |
| Ching Park | Endeavour Street, Blenheim |
| Dillons Point River Reserve | Dillons Point Road, behind the Nelson Street roundabout, Blenheim |
| Harling Park and walkway to Elmwood Avenue, except the Japanese gardens where dogs are prohibited | Howick Road, Blenheim |
| Marshall Place Reserve including the riverside area | Marshall Place, Blenheim |
| Murphys Reserve | Horne Place and Kingwell Drive, Blenheim |
| Fultons Creek Reserve | Kingwell Drive, Blenheim |
| Henderson Street Reserve, except that dogs must be on lead in the area going past the children’s playground | Henderson Street and Harakeke Place, Blenheim |
| Ōpaoa Walkway Reserve | Access from Ching Park and Henderson Street Reserve, Blenheim |
Sheps
Park - only the area of the Park that is not fenced off and leased for
grazing stock and only once the grave on the land has been fenced off and
Council has given notice that the fencing has been completed. Until this time,
the whole of Sheps Park will be a Dog Prohibited Area.
| Severne Street, Blenheim |
| Sutherland Stream Reserve - south of Whitehead Park to the Wither Hills Redwood Street carpark | Brooklyn, Elisha and Glenhill Drives, Hospital and Wither Roads, Brilyn Crescent, and Redwood Street, Blenheim |
Taylor River: Along the true right bank (east side) of the Taylor River from the Taylor Dam to Meadowbank Road Along the true right bank (east side) of the river from Meadowbank Road (the north boundary of Lot 1 DP 315222) to the Hutcheson Street Bridge, be a dog off-leash area Along the true left bank (west side) of the river from Meadowbank Road to the Hutcheson Street Bridge Along the true right bank (south side) of the river from the Sinclair Street Bridge to Stuart Street Along the true left bank (north side) of the river, from the Hutcheson Street Bridge to the Alfred Street Bridge | |
Whitehead
Park, except the croquet and bowls areas
| Brooklyn Drive, Blenheim |
| Picton, Waikawa and Koromiko | |
Auckland
Street Reserve
(excluding the skate park)
| Auckland and Scotland Streets, Wairau Road, and Heather Place, Picton |
| Beach Road Reserve | Beach and Waikawa Roads, Picton |
Bob's
Bay Reserve
on the formed track only
| Shelley Beach and Victoria Domain Loop Road, Picton |
| Endeavour Heights Reserve | Ranui Street, Rohe Drive, & Glentui and Admiralty Places, Picton |
Essons Valley Reservoir - formed tracks only | Garden Terrace, Picton |
| Memorial Park except the park entrance where dogs are allowed on-leash walking through the war memorial to access the park | Waikawa Road, Hampden Street, and the Picton to Waikawa Walkway, Picton |
| Moana View Reserve | Moana View Terrace and Boons Valley Road, Picton |
| Rimu Terrace Reserve | Rimu Terrace, Picton |
Shelley
Beach Reserve - the area north of the Queen Charlotte Yacht Club including
the adjacent beach only
| Access from Picton Marina entrance, Waikawa Road, Picton |
| Tirohanga Track - on the formed track only (Note: dogs are prohibited in the balance of the land) | Newgate Street, Picton |
Victoria
Domain -
formed tracks only except the designated mountain biking
tracks
| Surrey, Sussex and Leicester Streets, Waikawa Road, Shelley Beach and Picton Marina, Picton |
| Marlborough Sounds and Havelock | |
| Hakahaka Bay Esplanade Reserve | Port Underwood |
| Kaimiko Stream Reserve | Okiwi Bay |
| Ruataniwha Place Reserve | Okiwi Bay |
| Tirimoana Reserve | Tirimoana, Anakiwa |
| Renwick | |
| Lions Reserve | Hawkesbury Road, Renwick |
| Riverlands | |
| Simonsen Reserve | Malthouse Road, off State Highway 1, Riverlands |
| Seddon, Ward and Awatere Valley | |
| Blairich Reserve | Awatere Valley Road, Awatere Valley |
| Flemings Road Esplanade Reserve | Seaview Road, Seddon |
| Ward Beach Reserve | Ward Beach Road, Ward |
| Wairau River banks and bed downstream of the confluence with the Waihopai River | |
| Wairau Valley Recreation Ground including the golf course | Morse Street, Wairau Valley township |