Work on a major upgrade of the Parana Park children's play area on Memorial Drive begins this month, and will include installation of a new water feature for toddlers.
The park's new look is designed with pre-school children in mind and will be the first of its kind in Hamilton.
City council acting parks and gardens manager Sally Sheedy says the upgrade is possible through a significant grant from Potter Masonic Trust. The project will be a much-needed refurbishment of an ageing play area which remains popular with families with young children.
Miss Sheedy says the play area dates back to 1960s, so an upgrade is vital to ensure it meets the needs of the families of today.
The water feature upgrade will see it extended and the water pump and filtration system replaced. The refurbished facility will also have a strong kowhai theme, with a kowhai leaf-shaped viewing platform looking over the Waikato River, a kowhai seed-shaped 300-jet fountain and a slide shaped like a kowhai flower.