Project Update: Duncan Park Playground Progress on the Ground

Progress at Duncan Park is picking up pace, with the build now moving from groundworks into the visible, playable stages that the Wellington community has been waiting for.

Safety surfacing complete across both zones

The team has laid 147 square metres of Pour’N’Play rubber over varying depths of shockpad, shaped to match the fall heights of each piece of equipment.

This is the stage where a playspace starts to feel real. The surfacing sets the tone, defines the play zones, and locks in the compliance and accessibility standards the design was built around.

Alongside the rubber, 390 square metres of woodchip CushionFall has been installed across the softer, more natural areas of the playspace. The combination gives Duncan Park the best of both worlds: durable, wheelchair-accessible surfacing where it counts, and soft, warm-feeling woodchip where unstructured play and exploration take over.

Play items in the ground

The seesaw carousel and bucket spinner are now installed and anchored. These two pieces bring immediate movement and social play to the site, the kind of equipment tamariki gravitate towards the moment a playspace opens.

They are also a strong early signal of the variety Duncan Park will offer once complete, with options for solo spinning, group play, and sensory-rich motion.

What’s next

With the surfacing down and the equipment in, the remaining equipment can now be installed at pace. The Creo team is on site and working through the programme as scheduled, with regular updates flowing back to council and the community.

Duncan Park is shaping up to be a genuine destination playspace for the neighbourhood, delivered the way every Creo project is: on time, on budget, and with a single point of contact from concept through to final safety sign-off.