dogs in cornwall park



Cornwall Park is the perfect inner-city green space for walking dogs on lead. We welcome your dogs into the park; however, they must be on a lead when on park grounds including Pūriri Drive and sports grounds. Keeping your dog on a lead in Cornwall Park keeps our farm animals, other dogs and visitors safe.

We are a private park governed by the Cornwall Park Trust and are not part of Auckland Council. This means we have different conditions of entry rules than many Tāmaki Makaurau parks. To read our conditions of entry, click here.

DOGS ON LEAD IN CORNWALL PARK

  • Dogs must be on a lead in Cornwall Park including:
  • Pūriri Drive
  • All sports grounds
  • In and around eateries
  • All parkland and farmland
  • Campbell Crescent
  • Dogs must not enter restricted areas during lambing and calving (July 17th – September 10th).
  • All non-compliant off-lead dog owners will be asked to leave the park.
  • Animal control will be called for all loose, uncontrollable dogs.
  • Other companion animals, including cats, goats, rabbits and birds must be on a lead while in the park.

WHAT TO DO IF YOU SEE A DOG OFF-LEAD IN CORNWALL PARK

Phone Huia Lodge Discovery Hub on 09 630 8485.

Helpful information to tell us:

  • A description of the dog and the owner (if the owner is nearby), e.g. breed, colour, size of the dog, what the owner looks like and what they are wearing.
  • The location you saw the off-lead dog in the park.
  • The direction they are travelling.

DID YOU KNOW

  • Every dog owner is responsible to understand the NZ Dog Control Act (1996) and to understand the rules of the location they take their dogs.
  • By law, if a dog is found on someone else’s property or in a public place and it is not under control, it can be seized by a dog control officer or dog ranger and returned to its owner or impounded.
  • Other than working dogs, if a dog is not on a leash in public then its owner must carry a leash.
  • If you are the owner of the dog, you can be fined up to $3,000 and made to pay for any damage caused by an attack – this includes attacks on livestock.