10/03/2026
🎉 Official Re‑Opening of the Waitakere Hockey Turf 🎉
On Saturday, we proudly celebrated the official re‑opening of the Waitakere Hockey Turf following the resurfacing project completed over summer! The day kicked off with a special ceremony and ribbon cutting to mark this exciting milestone. A huge thank you to our speakers who joined us for the occasion, David George (Waitakere Regional Hockey Turf Trust Chair), Philippa Durkin (Henderson High School Principal), Hamish Milne (Waitakere Hockey Club President) and Shane Henderson - Councillor for Waitākere.
Following the ceremony, we hosted the first official match on the new turf: an invitational game featuring Waitakere Regional Hockey Turf Trust vs. Waitakere Hockey Club. Some of the club’s top talent took on the turf trust board members, supported by invited players to round out the squad. The club team narrowly came away with the win, with the game ending in a 1-0 score. A fun, competitive way to break in the new surface, thank you to all that took part!
Finally, an enormous thank you to our project sponsors Auckland Council, New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT), and the Bobby Foundation. This upgrade simply would not have been possible without your generous backing.
📸 Check out some photos from the day below!
19/01/2026
🌟 TURF RESURFACE COMPLETE! 🌟
We’re excited to kick off 2026 with a brand new playing surface at Waitakere Hockey!
The project was completed just before Christmas, and we can’t wait for our community to get back out there to test out the new surface.
🔍 The Specs 🔍
We’ve installed a 24mm Ecocept underlay, giving water far more room to drain before it reaches the surface. That means better drainage, fewer puddles, and far fewer rained‑off games, all while maintaining top‑level performance.
On top of that, we’ve now got a brand new WETT Pro surface from Tiger Turf — a world‑class, high‑performance hockey turf designed for excellent speed, consistency, and player experience.
♻️ Sustainability Spotlight ♻️
Our new Ecocept underlay not only performs well — it’s also great for the environment, being made from 90% recycled materials. A standard hockey turf underlay reuses approximately 5,000 used car tyres and eight million plastic bags!
We’re also proud that all of the previous underlay was repurposed, and nearly all of the old carpet was collected by members of the community and community groups for reuse. It’s awesome to see the old turf beginning a second life across the community. Feel free to share photos of how you’ve reused the old turf below! ⬇️
🙏 Some BIG thank yous 🙏
To our amazing volunteers:
Thank you to everyone who came out at the very start of this project and put in a massive couple of days getting the old turf up and rolled. We truly appreciate the time and energy you gave to help move this project forward.
Last but not least to our funders:
Without your support, this project simply wouldn’t have been possible!
• Auckland Council Sport and Recreation Facilities Fund
• New Zealand Community Trust (NZCT)
• Bobby Foundation
Here’s to a fantastic 2026 season on our new surface! 💚
19/12/2025
🚨The Waitakere Regional Hockey Turf Trust are searching for two new board members🚨
👉 More info & application form: https://www.sporty.co.nz/waitakerehockeyturf/Waitakere-Hockey-Turf-Trust/join-our-board #
📅 Applications close 31 January 2026
